10993 lines
217 KiB
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10993 lines
217 KiB
JSON
{
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"pick over":{
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"as in check (out) , pore (over)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"audit",
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"check (out)",
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"con",
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"examine",
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"inspect",
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"overlook",
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"oversee",
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"review",
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"scan",
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"scrutinize",
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"survey",
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"view",
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"delve (into)",
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"explore",
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"investigate",
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"plumb",
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"probe",
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"research",
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"study",
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"notice",
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"observe",
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"watch",
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"reinspect",
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"rereview",
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"resurvey",
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"comb",
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"peruse",
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"pore (over)",
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"analyze",
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"dissect",
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"parse",
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"categorize",
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"classify"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"skim",
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"miss"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"pick up":{
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"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
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"examples":[
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"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"get",
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"learn",
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"master",
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"get the hang of"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"apprehend",
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"comprehend",
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"grasp",
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"know",
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"understand",
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"absorb",
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"assimilate",
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"digest",
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"drink (in)",
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"imbibe",
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"ascertain",
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"descry",
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"detect",
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"determine",
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"dig up",
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"discern",
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"discover",
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"examine",
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"find out",
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"hear",
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"hit (on or upon)",
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"run down",
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"scare up",
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"search (for)",
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"see",
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"track (down)",
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"tumble (to)",
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"unearth",
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"major (in)",
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"study",
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"memorize"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forget",
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"misunderstand",
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"miss",
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"overlook",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"neglect"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unlearn"
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]
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},
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"to bring together in one body or place":{
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"examples":[
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"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"amass",
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"assemble",
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"bulk (up)",
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"collect",
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"concentrate",
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"congregate",
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"constellate",
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"corral",
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"garner",
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"gather",
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"group",
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"lump",
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"round up",
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"get together"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ball",
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"batch",
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"bunch",
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"cluster",
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"huddle",
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"heap",
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"pile",
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"stack",
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"band",
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"brigade",
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"muster",
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"raise",
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"rally",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"hive",
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"pack",
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"press",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"combine",
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"connect",
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"join",
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"link",
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"merge",
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"pool",
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"unite",
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"archive",
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"arrange",
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"collate",
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"compile",
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"organize",
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"systematize",
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"scrape (up or together)",
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"re-collect",
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"regather",
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"regroup"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"break up",
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"disband",
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"disintegrate",
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"dissolve",
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"separate",
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"sever",
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"split (up)",
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"dismiss",
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"send"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dispel",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"scatter"
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]
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},
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"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
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"examples":[
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"could you pick up some milk at the store?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buy",
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"cop",
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"purchase",
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"take"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquire",
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"gain",
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"garner",
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"get",
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"obtain",
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"procure",
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"secure",
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"win",
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"finance",
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"pay (for)",
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"spring (for)",
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"barter (for)",
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"deal (for)",
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"dicker (over)",
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"exchange (for)",
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"haggle (for)",
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"negotiate (about)",
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"trade (for)",
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"bargain (with)",
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"chaffer (with)",
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"horse-trade (with)",
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"palter (with)",
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"bid",
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"offer",
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"rebuy",
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"repurchase"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deal (in)",
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"market",
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"merchandise",
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"merchandize",
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"retail",
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"sell",
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"vend"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to gradually increase in":{
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"examples":[
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"the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"build up",
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"gain",
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"gather",
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"grow (in)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"double (in)",
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"triple (in)",
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"accrue",
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"accumulate",
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"amass",
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"excite",
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"stimulate",
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"enhance",
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"enlarge",
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"enrich",
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"expand",
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"extend",
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"maximize",
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"boost",
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"elevate",
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"jack (up)",
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"mount",
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"ramp (up)",
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"step up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abate",
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"decline (in)",
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"diminish (in)",
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"dip",
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"dwindle",
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"fall (in)",
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"lessen",
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"taper",
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"taper off"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"decrease (in)",
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"lose"
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]
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},
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"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
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"examples":[
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"pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boost",
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"crane",
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"elevate",
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"heave",
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"heft",
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"heighten",
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"hike",
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"hoist",
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"jack (up)",
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"lift",
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"perk (up)",
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"raise",
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"take up",
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"up",
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"uphold",
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"uplift",
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"upraise"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ascend",
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"mount",
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"rise",
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"rear",
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"upend"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"descend",
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"dip",
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"fall",
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"pitch",
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"plunge",
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"slip",
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"bear",
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"depress",
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"press",
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"push",
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"sink",
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"submerge"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"drop",
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"lower"
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]
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},
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"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
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"examples":[
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"police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apprehend",
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"arrest",
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"bust",
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"collar",
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"nab",
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"nail",
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"nick",
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"pinch",
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"pull in",
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"restrain",
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"run in",
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"seize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bag",
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"capture",
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"catch",
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"get",
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"grab",
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"grapple",
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"hook",
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"land",
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"snap (up)",
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"snare",
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"snatch",
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"trap",
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"commit",
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"confine",
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"detain",
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"hold",
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"immure",
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"imprison",
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"incarcerate",
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"intern",
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"jail",
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"jug",
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"lock (up)",
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"bind",
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"enchain",
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"fetter",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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"trammel",
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"rearrest",
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"remand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipate",
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"free",
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"liberate",
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"loose",
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"loosen",
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"release",
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"spring",
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"unbind",
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"unchain"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"discharge"
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]
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},
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"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
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"examples":[
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"I thought you said you had picked up , so why are these things still lying around the rec room?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clean (up)",
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"tidy (up)",
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"clean house",
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"set straight"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"houseclean",
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"housekeep",
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"clean (off)",
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"neaten",
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"police (up)",
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"straighten (up)",
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"turn out",
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"unclutter",
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"arrange",
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"order"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clutter",
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"disarrange",
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"mess (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
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"examples":[
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"after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"continue",
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"proceed (with)",
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"renew",
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"reopen",
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"restart",
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"resume"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"resuscitate",
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"revive",
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"recrudesce"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"complete",
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"conclude",
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"consummate",
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"end",
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"finalize",
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"finish",
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"belay",
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"break",
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"can",
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"cease",
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"check",
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"cut",
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"desist",
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"discontinue",
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"drop",
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"halt",
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"knock off",
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"leave off",
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"quit",
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"scuttle",
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"shut off",
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"stay",
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"stop",
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"terminate"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make neat":{
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"examples":[
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"the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"neaten",
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"redd (up or out)",
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"spruce (up)",
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"straighten (up or out)",
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"tidy (up)",
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"trim"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arrange",
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"array",
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"classify",
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"codify",
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"dispose",
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"draw up",
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"marshal",
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"marshall",
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"order",
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"organize",
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"range",
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"systematize"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disarrange",
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"disarray",
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"discompose",
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"dishevel",
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"disorder",
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"disorganize",
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"disrupt",
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"disturb",
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"jumble",
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"mess (up)",
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"mix (up)",
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"muddle",
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"muss",
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"rumple",
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"scramble",
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"shuffle",
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"tousle",
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"tumble",
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"upset"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in increase , boost":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boost",
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"increase",
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"upswing",
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"upturn",
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"burst",
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"flare",
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"flare-up",
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"flash",
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"flicker",
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"flurry",
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"flutter",
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"outbreak",
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"outburst",
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"spurt",
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"epidemic",
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"eruption",
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"explosion",
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"paroxysm",
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"recrudescence",
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"recurrence",
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"renewal",
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"deluge",
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"flood",
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"rush",
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"spate",
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"surge",
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"volley",
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"commotion",
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"furor",
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"uproar"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"doldrums",
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"slump"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"picked off":{
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"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
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"examples":[
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"picked off more passes than any other player in the division"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blocked",
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"intercepted",
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"interdicted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"captured",
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"caught",
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"collared",
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"corralled",
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"grabbed",
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"seized",
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"snared",
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"snatched",
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"trapped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"picking off":{
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"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
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"examples":[
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"picked off more passes than any other player in the division"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blocking",
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"intercepting",
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"interdicting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"capturing",
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"catching",
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"collaring",
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"corralling",
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"grabbing",
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"seizing",
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"snaring",
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"snatching",
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"trapping"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"picking over":{
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"as in checking (out) , poring (over)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"auditing",
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"checking (out)",
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"conning",
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"examining",
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"inspecting",
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"overlooking",
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"overseeing",
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"reviewing",
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"scanning",
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"scrutinizing",
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"surveying",
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"viewing",
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"delving (into)",
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"exploring",
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"investigating",
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"plumbing",
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"probing",
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"researching",
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"studying",
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"noticing",
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"observing",
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"watching",
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"reinspecting",
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"rereviewing",
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"re-reviewing",
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"resurveying",
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"combing",
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"perusing",
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"poring (over)",
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"analyzing",
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"dissecting",
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"parsing",
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"categorizing",
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"classifying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"skimming",
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"missing"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking up":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"mastering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
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"comprehending",
|
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"grasping",
|
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"knowing",
|
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"understanding",
|
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"absorbing",
|
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"assimilating",
|
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"digesting",
|
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"drinking (in)",
|
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"imbibing",
|
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"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
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"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging up",
|
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"discerning",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"searching (for)",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"unearthing",
|
|
"majoring (in)",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"memorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"bulking (up)",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"constellating",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"rounding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balling",
|
|
"batching",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"brigading",
|
|
"mustering",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"herding",
|
|
"hiving",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"pooling",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"archiving",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"collating",
|
|
"compiling",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"scraping (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collecting",
|
|
"regathering",
|
|
"regrouping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"sending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you pick up some milk at the store?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"paying (for)",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"bartering (for)",
|
|
"dealing (for)",
|
|
"dickering (over)",
|
|
"exchanging (for)",
|
|
"haggling (for)",
|
|
"negotiating (about)",
|
|
"trading (for)",
|
|
"bargaining (with)",
|
|
"chaffering (with)",
|
|
"horse-trading (with)",
|
|
"paltering (with)",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"rebuying",
|
|
"repurchasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"growing (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubling (in)",
|
|
"tripling (in)",
|
|
"accruing",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"ramping (up)",
|
|
"stepping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining (in)",
|
|
"diminishing (in)",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"falling (in)",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing (in)",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"seizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"rearresting",
|
|
"remanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unchaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought you said you had picked up , so why are these things still lying around the rec room?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleaning",
|
|
"housekeeping",
|
|
"cleaning (off)",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"policing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uncluttering",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttering",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"messing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"proceeding (with)",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"restarting",
|
|
"resuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"recrudescing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"consummating",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"belaying",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"redding (up or out)",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up or out)",
|
|
"tidying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"systematizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picklock":{
|
|
"as in cat burglar , housebreaker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglar",
|
|
"cat burglar",
|
|
"cracksman",
|
|
"housebreaker",
|
|
"safecracker",
|
|
"larcenist",
|
|
"pincher",
|
|
"purloiner",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"stealer",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"embezzler",
|
|
"grafter",
|
|
"klepto",
|
|
"kleptomaniac",
|
|
"sneak thief",
|
|
"cutpurse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"pilferer",
|
|
"shoplifter",
|
|
"abductor",
|
|
"carjacker",
|
|
"hijacker",
|
|
"kidnapper",
|
|
"kidnaper",
|
|
"skyjacker",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"ravisher",
|
|
"poacher",
|
|
"rustler",
|
|
"smuggler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks over":{
|
|
"as in checks (out) , pores (over)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audits",
|
|
"checks (out)",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"delves (into)",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"plumbs",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"reinspects",
|
|
"rereviews",
|
|
"resurveys",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"parses",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictograph":{
|
|
"as in icon , attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"impresa",
|
|
"logo",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"totem",
|
|
"trademark",
|
|
"logogram",
|
|
"logograph",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"monogram",
|
|
"colophon",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in image , picture":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"pictogram",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artwork",
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"inset",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"pictorialization",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picture book":{
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in album , anthology":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"album",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"novelette",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"monograph",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"cyclopedia",
|
|
"cyclopaedia",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"folio",
|
|
"quarto",
|
|
"hardback",
|
|
"hardcover",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"softback",
|
|
"softcover",
|
|
"trade book",
|
|
"trade edition",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"tome",
|
|
"volume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picture-perfect":{
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was a picture-perfect day for a picnic\u2014the sun was shining and a light breeze stirred the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picturesque":{
|
|
"producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrote a picturesque tale of their journey across the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"descriptive",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picketed":{
|
|
"as in walled , buffered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"palisaded",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"bulwarked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"fended",
|
|
"forfended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"caved",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picketer":{
|
|
"as in protester , demonstrator":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrator",
|
|
"marcher",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"protester",
|
|
"protestor",
|
|
"agitator",
|
|
"demagogue",
|
|
"demagog",
|
|
"exciter",
|
|
"firebrand",
|
|
"fomenter",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inciter",
|
|
"instigator",
|
|
"kindler",
|
|
"provocateur",
|
|
"rabble-rouser",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"alarmist",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"prodder",
|
|
"prompter",
|
|
"provoker",
|
|
"agent provocateur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peacemaker",
|
|
"reconciler",
|
|
"uniter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks the brains of":{
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The conference presented an opportunity to pick the brains of some of the world's greatest scientists."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"sweats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefs",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked up on":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The students picked up on the new material quickly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She picked up on earlier styles of painting and added her own flourishes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"borrowed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictured":{
|
|
"as in conceived , envisioned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
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"chimeric",
|
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"fabulous",
|
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"fanciful",
|
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"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"represented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"diagrammed",
|
|
"diagramed",
|
|
"caricatured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pictured the sailing ship in vivid language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"limned",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterized",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"vignetted",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"redescribed",
|
|
"reimaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"misdescribed",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"cartooned",
|
|
"crayoned",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"penciled",
|
|
"pencilled",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"profiled",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking up on":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The students picked up on the new material quickly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"cognizing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"cottoning (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"grokking",
|
|
"intuiting",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"savvying",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"twigging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehending",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misperceiving",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She picked up on earlier styles of painting and added her own flourishes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"borrowing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick off":{
|
|
"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picked off more passes than any other player in the division"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"intercept",
|
|
"interdict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking the brains of":{
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"sweating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefing",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"polling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickles":{
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"well, this is a bit of a pickle we've gotten ourselves into"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picayunes":{
|
|
"something of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagatelles",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"nonproblems",
|
|
"shucks",
|
|
"small beer",
|
|
"small change",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"trivialities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"follies",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"hogwashes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggeries",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trivia",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick-and-shovel":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she loves coming up with the \"big idea\" but hates the actual pick-and-shovel work of starting a new business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked at":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"henpecked",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"pecked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carped (at)",
|
|
"fussed (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"yapped (at)",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"pleaded",
|
|
"pled",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick up on":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The students picked up on the new material quickly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She picked up on earlier styles of painting and added her own flourishes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"borrow",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"usurp",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picketers":{
|
|
"as in protesters , demonstrators":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrators",
|
|
"marchers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"protesters",
|
|
"protestors",
|
|
"agitators",
|
|
"demagogues",
|
|
"demagogs",
|
|
"exciters",
|
|
"firebrands",
|
|
"fomenters",
|
|
"incendiaries",
|
|
"inciters",
|
|
"instigators",
|
|
"kindlers",
|
|
"provocateurs",
|
|
"rabble-rousers",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"persuaders",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"alarmists",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"revolters",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"prodders",
|
|
"prompters",
|
|
"provokers",
|
|
"agents provocateurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peacemakers",
|
|
"reconcilers",
|
|
"uniters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorials":{
|
|
"as in slicks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"fanzines",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"editions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"little magazines",
|
|
"newsletters",
|
|
"newsmagazines",
|
|
"newsweeklies",
|
|
"annuals",
|
|
"bimonthlies",
|
|
"biweeklies",
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"monthlies",
|
|
"quarterlies",
|
|
"semimonthlies",
|
|
"semiweeklies",
|
|
"triweeklies",
|
|
"weeklies",
|
|
"yearbooks",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"newspapers",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"serials",
|
|
"zines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickpockets":{
|
|
"a person who steals money and other things from people's pockets and purses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"thieves",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"gangbangers",
|
|
"gangstas",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gorillas",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"plug-uglies",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"yobbos",
|
|
"yobboes",
|
|
"yobs",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"brigands",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"highwaymen",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"juvenile delinquents",
|
|
"tearaways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickup":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"get",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"master"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"search (for)",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"unearth",
|
|
"major (in)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"memorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"misunderstand",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"bulk (up)",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"constellate",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"round up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"archive",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"collate",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"scrape (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collect",
|
|
"regather",
|
|
"regroup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"send"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you pick up some milk at the store?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"pay (for)",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"barter (for)",
|
|
"deal (for)",
|
|
"dicker (over)",
|
|
"exchange (for)",
|
|
"haggle (for)",
|
|
"negotiate (about)",
|
|
"trade (for)",
|
|
"bargain (with)",
|
|
"chaffer (with)",
|
|
"horse-trade (with)",
|
|
"palter (with)",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"rebuy",
|
|
"repurchase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"vend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"grow (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double (in)",
|
|
"triple (in)",
|
|
"accrue",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"ramp (up)",
|
|
"step up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decline (in)",
|
|
"diminish (in)",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"fall (in)",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease (in)",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
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"nab",
|
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"nail",
|
|
"nick",
|
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"pinch",
|
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"pull in",
|
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"restrain",
|
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"run in",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
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"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
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"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
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"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"I thought you said you had picked up , so why are these things still lying around the rec room?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houseclean",
|
|
"housekeep",
|
|
"clean (off)",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"police (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"unclutter",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"mess (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"proceed (with)",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"reopen",
|
|
"restart",
|
|
"resume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"recrudesce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"belay",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"redd (up or out)",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up or out)",
|
|
"tidy (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"systematize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in increase , boost":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"recrudescence",
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks off":{
|
|
"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picked off more passes than any other player in the division"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"intercepts",
|
|
"interdicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"electives",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"nominations",
|
|
"appointees",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"selectees",
|
|
"preselections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"priesthoods",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"royalties",
|
|
"upper crusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"top drawers",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"upper classes",
|
|
"caviars",
|
|
"caviares",
|
|
"who's whos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"rank and files",
|
|
"unwasheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have first pick of your office mates for the softball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alternatives",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"discretions",
|
|
"druthers",
|
|
"elections",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"volitions",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"free wills",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"votes",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"discernments",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"perspicacities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"Hobson's choices"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clams",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"forages",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I pick you as my partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he seems to be trying to pick a fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"whips (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"tames",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eat reluctantly and in small bites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"pecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"tastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"overeats",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pic":{
|
|
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a coworker handed around some vacation pics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photo",
|
|
"photograph",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snapshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"telephoto",
|
|
"daguerreotype",
|
|
"ferrotype",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"tintype"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick (at)":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"henpeck",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"peck (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carp (at)",
|
|
"fuss (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"yap (at)",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickled":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I must have been rather pickled when I agreed to your stupid scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pics":{
|
|
"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a coworker handed around some vacation pics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photographs",
|
|
"photos",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"snapshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"close-ups",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"telephotos",
|
|
"daguerreotypes",
|
|
"ferrotypes",
|
|
"monochromes",
|
|
"sepias",
|
|
"tintypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picayune":{
|
|
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the picayune ponderings of a commentator who steadfastly believes other cultures are inferior to our own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironbound",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminatory",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"opinionative",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"freethinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"irritatingly picayune complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagatelle",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"nonproblem",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shuck(s)",
|
|
"small beer",
|
|
"small change",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trivia",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking at":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"henpecking",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"pecking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carping (at)",
|
|
"fussing (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"yapping (at)",
|
|
"egging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"pleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked out":{
|
|
"as in picked up , made out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick the brains of":{
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The conference presented an opportunity to pick the brains of some of the world's greatest scientists."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
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"quiz",
|
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"sweat"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"debrief",
|
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"cross-examine",
|
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"cross-question",
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"annoy",
|
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"harass",
|
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"hound",
|
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"pester",
|
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"canvass",
|
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"canvas",
|
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"poll"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"phrase"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pictographs":{
|
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"as in icons , attributes":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attributes",
|
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"icons",
|
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"ikons",
|
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"emblems",
|
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"ensigns",
|
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"hallmarks",
|
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"impresas",
|
|
"logos",
|
|
"symbols",
|
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"totems",
|
|
"trademarks",
|
|
"logograms",
|
|
"logographs",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"cognizances",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias",
|
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"monograms",
|
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"colophons",
|
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"stamps",
|
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"tokens"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in images , pictures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"pictograms",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"artworks",
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"graphics",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"visuals",
|
|
"insets",
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"pictorializations",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking on":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Picking on others is not tolerated at this school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"bogarting",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"strong-arming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing around",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Stop picking on your siblings!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing (at)",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"aggrieving",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick on":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Picking on others is not tolerated at this school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"bogart",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bullyrag",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"strong-arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"affright",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push around",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"persuade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Stop picking on your siblings!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw (at)",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"aggrieve",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked on":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Picking on others is not tolerated at this school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"bogarted",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"strong-armed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"trash-talked",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed around",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Stop picking on your siblings!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed (at)",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picture-book":{
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in album , anthology":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"album",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"novelette",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"monograph",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"cyclopedia",
|
|
"cyclopaedia",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"folio",
|
|
"quarto",
|
|
"hardback",
|
|
"hardcover",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"softback",
|
|
"softcover",
|
|
"trade book",
|
|
"trade edition",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"tome",
|
|
"volume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks up on":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The students picked up on the new material quickly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She picked up on earlier styles of painting and added her own flourishes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"borrows",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picklocks":{
|
|
"as in cat burglars , housebreakers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglars",
|
|
"cat burglars",
|
|
"cracksmen",
|
|
"housebreakers",
|
|
"safecrackers",
|
|
"larcenists",
|
|
"pinchers",
|
|
"purloiners",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"stealers",
|
|
"thieves",
|
|
"embezzlers",
|
|
"grafters",
|
|
"kleptomaniacs",
|
|
"kleptos",
|
|
"sneak thiefs",
|
|
"cutpurses",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"pickpockets",
|
|
"pilferers",
|
|
"shoplifters",
|
|
"abductors",
|
|
"carjackers",
|
|
"hijackers",
|
|
"kidnappers",
|
|
"kidnapers",
|
|
"skyjackers",
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"looters",
|
|
"pillagers",
|
|
"plunderers",
|
|
"ransackers",
|
|
"ravishers",
|
|
"poachers",
|
|
"rustlers",
|
|
"smugglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picturing":{
|
|
"to present a picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"representing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"caricaturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceiting",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"conjuring (up)",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"fantasying",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"ideating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"stargazing",
|
|
"hallucinating",
|
|
"re-creating",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"prefiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pictured the sailing ship in vivid language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"limning",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"vignetting",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"redescribing",
|
|
"reimaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"misdescribing",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"cartooning",
|
|
"crayoning",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"penciling",
|
|
"pencilling",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"profiling",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorialization":{
|
|
"as in portrait , depiction":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"inset",
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"pictogram",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artwork",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picnicked":{
|
|
"as in ate , lunched":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"dined",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"partook",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"victualed",
|
|
"victualled",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"noshed",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"snacked",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"repasted",
|
|
"breakfasted",
|
|
"lunched",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"dined out",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"chowed (down)",
|
|
"dug in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieted",
|
|
"fasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picture hats":{
|
|
"as in cowboy hats , baseball caps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictographic":{
|
|
"as in hieroglyphic , iconographic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"iconographic",
|
|
"iconographical",
|
|
"ideogramic",
|
|
"ideogrammic",
|
|
"ideogrammatic",
|
|
"ideographic",
|
|
"illustrational",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"drawn",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"video",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picnic":{
|
|
"a situation or state of carefree comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"babysitting her sister's three brats for the weekend was no picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beer and skittles",
|
|
"easy street",
|
|
"fun and games",
|
|
"hog heaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primrose path",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"American dream",
|
|
"good life",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is easy to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this class is no picnic , but I've really been learning a lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"cakewalk",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"roses",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-brainer",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"sitting duck",
|
|
"gimme",
|
|
"laugher",
|
|
"walkaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"stumper",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"horror show",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"stinker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in eat , lunch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"partake",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"victual",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"overfeed",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dine out",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"chow (down)",
|
|
"dig in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"fast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks at":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"henpecks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"pecks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carps (at)",
|
|
"fusses (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"yaps (at)",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"pleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickers":{
|
|
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosers",
|
|
"namers",
|
|
"selectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"electors",
|
|
"voters",
|
|
"nominators",
|
|
"deciders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picker":{
|
|
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chooser",
|
|
"namer",
|
|
"selector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elector",
|
|
"voter",
|
|
"nominator",
|
|
"decider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorializes":{
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"N.C. Wyeth is remembered for vividly pictorializing a number of classic works of literature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"images",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visualizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickpocket":{
|
|
"a person who steals money and other things from people's pockets and purses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"brigand",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"tearaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick at":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"henpeck",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"peck (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carp (at)",
|
|
"fuss (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"yap (at)",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickets":{
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set out a picket to watch the camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custodians",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"minders",
|
|
"sentinels",
|
|
"sentries",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"warders",
|
|
"watchers",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"watchmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"spotters",
|
|
"surveillants",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"honor guards",
|
|
"gatekeepers",
|
|
"hacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in walls , buffers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"fends",
|
|
"forfends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictures":{
|
|
"the art or business of making a movie":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping for a career in pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big screen",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"film",
|
|
"filmdom",
|
|
"filmland",
|
|
"filmmaking",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moviemaking",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"silver screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bollywood",
|
|
"Hollywood",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"represents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"caricatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"conjures (up)",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"fantasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"ideates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visualizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"stargazes",
|
|
"hallucinates",
|
|
"re-creates",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"relives",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"muses",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"prefigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pictured the sailing ship in vivid language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"limns",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"narrates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vignettes",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"redescribes",
|
|
"reimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"misdescribes",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"crayons",
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"pencils",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"profiles",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickle":{
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"well, this is a bit of a pickle we've gotten ourselves into"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"rabbit hole",
|
|
"rattrap",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"node",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"soup",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks on":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Picking on others is not tolerated at this school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"bogarts",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"strong-arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"trash-talks",
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes around",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Stop picking on your siblings!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"heckles",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gnaws (at)",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"spites",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"aggrieves",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked over":{
|
|
"as in weeded (out) , winnowed (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"weeded (out)",
|
|
"winnowed (out)",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"first-line",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in checked (out) , pored (over)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audited",
|
|
"checked (out)",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"delved (into)",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"plumbed",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"researched",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"reinspected",
|
|
"rereviewed",
|
|
"re-reviewed",
|
|
"resurveyed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"dissected",
|
|
"parsed",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"missed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorial":{
|
|
"consisting of or relating to pictures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"video",
|
|
"drawn",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"illustrational",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"iconographic",
|
|
"iconographical",
|
|
"ideogramic",
|
|
"ideogrammic",
|
|
"ideogrammatic",
|
|
"ideographic",
|
|
"pictographic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"descriptive",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly",
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking":{
|
|
"the act or process of selecting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the picking of new recruits went on for three days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"option",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamming",
|
|
"fishing",
|
|
"sealing",
|
|
"shrimping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"foraging",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"seeding",
|
|
"sowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I pick you as my partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he seems to be trying to pick a fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"brewing",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"whipping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"livening (up)",
|
|
"pepping (up)",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"taming",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eat reluctantly and in small bites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"pecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"snacking",
|
|
"tasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"impaling",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lancing",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pinking",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"transfixing",
|
|
"transpiercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
|
"dirking",
|
|
"gimleting",
|
|
"piking",
|
|
"poniarding",
|
|
"pronging",
|
|
"quilling",
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"knifing",
|
|
"slicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick-me-up":{
|
|
"something (such as a drink) that makes you feel better and more lively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Coffee is my usual morning pick-me-up .",
|
|
"I could really use a pick-me-up after the day I just had."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"energizer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"refresher",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustenance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibitor",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"minus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick-me-ups":{
|
|
"something (such as a drink) that makes you feel better and more lively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Coffee is my usual morning pick-me-up .",
|
|
"I could really use a pick-me-up after the day I just had."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"energizers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"refreshers",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustenances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"inhibitors",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"minuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picketing":{
|
|
"as in walling , buffering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"palisading",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"bulwarking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"fending",
|
|
"forfending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"warding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"caving",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorializations":{
|
|
"as in portraits , depictions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"insets",
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"pictograms",
|
|
"pictographs",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"artworks",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"graphics",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"visuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picture hat":{
|
|
"as in cowboy hat , baseball cap":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickings":{
|
|
"as in stump , refuse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"scraping(s)",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"corpse",
|
|
"hangover",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"afterimage",
|
|
"aftertaste",
|
|
"ribbon(s)",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"artifact",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"fag end",
|
|
"stub",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"reminder",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"relic",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"leftovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking (at)":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"henpecking",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"pecking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carping (at)",
|
|
"fussing (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"yapping (at)",
|
|
"egging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"pleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pickups":{
|
|
"as in increases , boosts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"recrudescences",
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picking out":{
|
|
"as in picking up , making out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick out":{
|
|
"as in pick up , make out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictograms":{
|
|
"as in pictographs , hieroglyphs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"hieroglyphs",
|
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"ideograms",
|
|
"pictographs",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
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"letters",
|
|
"numerals",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"glyphs",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"symbols"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictogram":{
|
|
"as in pictograph , hieroglyph":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hieroglyph",
|
|
"ideogram",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"numeral",
|
|
"rune",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"glyph",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"symbol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picnicking":{
|
|
"as in eating , lunching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"partaking",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"victualing",
|
|
"victualling",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"snacking",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"overfeeding",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"repasting",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"dining out",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"chowing (down)",
|
|
"digging in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieting",
|
|
"fasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked the brains of":{
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"gave the third degree to",
|
|
"gave (someone) the third degree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefed",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"polled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"picket":{
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set out a picket to watch the camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"minder",
|
|
"sentinel",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"watchman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"spotter",
|
|
"surveillant",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"honor guard",
|
|
"gatekeeper",
|
|
"hack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wall , buffer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fend",
|
|
"forfend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picture":{
|
|
"a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"using only watercolors, she produced a strikingly lifelike picture of her mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"finger painting",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"photograph",
|
|
"hieroglyph",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"ideogram",
|
|
"ideograph",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"diagram"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's latest picture is another thriller"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"film",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"motion picture",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moving picture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated cartoon",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"documentary",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"featurette",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short subject",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"talkie",
|
|
"B movie",
|
|
"B picture",
|
|
"cofeature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper report gives a detailed picture of the current situation in that troubled country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"description",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portraiture",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"vignette"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when personal opinion becomes part of the picture , the journalist isn't just reporting the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball game",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young teen is the very picture of her mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"look-alike",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"mirror image",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spitting image",
|
|
"twin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Chinese copy",
|
|
"effigy",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think I get the picture : you want me to leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"cogitation",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"thought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"prepossession",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"cognition",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"brain wave",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the art or business of making a movie":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping for a career in pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big screen",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"film",
|
|
"filmdom",
|
|
"filmland",
|
|
"filmmaking",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moviemaking",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"silver screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bollywood",
|
|
"Hollywood",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"represent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"caricature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"conjure (up)",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"ideate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"stargaze",
|
|
"hallucinate",
|
|
"re-create",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"muse",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prefigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pictured the sailing ship in vivid language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"limn",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterize",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vignette",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"redescribe",
|
|
"reimage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"misdescribe",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"crayon",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"pencil",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorializing":{
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"N.C. Wyeth is remembered for vividly pictorializing a number of classic works of literature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illuminating",
|
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"illustrating"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks up":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"masters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
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"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
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"understands",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
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"assimilates",
|
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"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"majors (in)",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"memorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"misunderstands",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"bulks (up)",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"constellates",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"collates",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collects",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"regroups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"sends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you pick up some milk at the store?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"pays (for)",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"barters (for)",
|
|
"deals (for)",
|
|
"dickers (over)",
|
|
"exchanges (for)",
|
|
"haggles (for)",
|
|
"negotiates (about)",
|
|
"trades (for)",
|
|
"bargains (with)",
|
|
"chaffers (with)",
|
|
"horse-trades (with)",
|
|
"palters (with)",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"rebuys",
|
|
"repurchases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"grows (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubles (in)",
|
|
"triples (in)",
|
|
"accrues",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"ramps (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines (in)",
|
|
"diminishes (in)",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"falls (in)",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases (in)",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"upends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"runs in",
|
|
"seizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"imprisons",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"rearrests",
|
|
"remands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unchains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought you said you had picked up , so why are these things still lying around the rec room?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleans",
|
|
"housekeeps",
|
|
"cleans (off)",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"polices (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"messes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"proceeds (with)",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"restarts",
|
|
"resumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"recrudesces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"consummates",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"belays",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"redds (up or out)",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up or out)",
|
|
"tidies (up)",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"systematizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked (at)":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"henpecked",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"pecked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carped (at)",
|
|
"fussed (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"yapped (at)",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"pleaded",
|
|
"pled",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picky":{
|
|
"hard to please":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosy",
|
|
"choosey",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicking",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussbudgety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"pernickety",
|
|
"persnickety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperfastidious",
|
|
"overdemanding",
|
|
"ultrafastidious",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"selective",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"faultfinding",
|
|
"hypercritical",
|
|
"overcritical",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"niminy-piminy",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"indiscriminating",
|
|
"undiscriminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unfastidious",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to select carefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's picky , but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosy",
|
|
"choosey",
|
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"particular",
|
|
"selective"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
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"finicking",
|
|
"finicky",
|
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"fussy",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"judicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"indiscriminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonselective",
|
|
"unselective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picnics":{
|
|
"something that is easy to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this class is no picnic , but I've really been learning a lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"cakewalks",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"roses",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-brainers",
|
|
"sitting ducks",
|
|
"gimmes",
|
|
"laughers",
|
|
"walkaways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"horror shows",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"stinkers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in eats , lunches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dines",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"partakes",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"overeats",
|
|
"overfeeds",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"breakfasts",
|
|
"lunches",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"dines out",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"chows (down)",
|
|
"digs in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"fasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorialized":{
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"N.C. Wyeth is remembered for vividly pictorializing a number of classic works of literature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks (at)":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stop picking at your sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"henpecks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"pecks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carps (at)",
|
|
"fusses (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"yaps (at)",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"pleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picayunish":{
|
|
"as in trivial , petty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"smallish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"substantive",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked":{
|
|
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a picked group of people for the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"first-line",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"picked over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"weeded (out)",
|
|
"winnowed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clammed",
|
|
"fished",
|
|
"sealed",
|
|
"shrimped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"foraged",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"seeded",
|
|
"sowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I pick you as my partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselected",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he seems to be trying to pick a fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eat reluctantly and in small bites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"pecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"noshed",
|
|
"snacked",
|
|
"tasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picks out":{
|
|
"as in picks up , makes out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pictorialize":{
|
|
"to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"N.C. Wyeth is remembered for vividly pictorializing a number of classic works of literature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"image",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"visualize"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picture books":{
|
|
"as in albums , anthologies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"almanacs",
|
|
"anthologies",
|
|
"casebooks",
|
|
"chapbooks",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"novelettes",
|
|
"novels",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"monographs",
|
|
"primers",
|
|
"textbooks",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"cyclopedias",
|
|
"cyclopaedias",
|
|
"dictionaries",
|
|
"encyclopedias",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"manuals",
|
|
"folios",
|
|
"quartos",
|
|
"hardbacks",
|
|
"hardcovers",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"pocket editions",
|
|
"softbacks",
|
|
"softcovers",
|
|
"trade books",
|
|
"trade editions",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"tomes",
|
|
"volumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"picked up":{
|
|
"being clean and in good order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if your room is all picked up , you can go to the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trig",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-groomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"taut",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"systematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"unsystematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"got",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"mastered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"searched (for)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"unearthed",
|
|
"majored (in)",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"memorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"misunderstood",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"bulked (up)",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"constellated",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"rounded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balled",
|
|
"batched",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"brigaded",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"hived",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"pooled",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"archived",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"collated",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"scraped (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collected",
|
|
"regathered",
|
|
"regrouped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"sent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you pick up some milk at the store?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"bartered (for)",
|
|
"dealt (for)",
|
|
"dickered (over)",
|
|
"exchanged (for)",
|
|
"haggled (for)",
|
|
"negotiated (about)",
|
|
"traded (for)",
|
|
"bargained (with)",
|
|
"chaffered (with)",
|
|
"horse-traded (with)",
|
|
"paltered (with)",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"repurchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grew (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubled (in)",
|
|
"tripled (in)",
|
|
"accrued",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"ramped (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined (in)",
|
|
"diminished (in)",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"fell (in)",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased (in)",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"craned",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"upended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"seized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"rearrested",
|
|
"remanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unchained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought you said you had picked up , so why are these things still lying around the rec room?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleaned",
|
|
"housekept",
|
|
"cleaned (off)",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"policed (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"messed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"proceeded (with)",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"restarted",
|
|
"resumed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"recrudesced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"consummated",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"belayed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"redded (up or out)",
|
|
"redd (up or out)",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up or out)",
|
|
"tidied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pick":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"appointee",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"selectee",
|
|
"preselection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
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"aristocracy",
|
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"best",
|
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"choice",
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"corps d'elite",
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"cream",
|
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"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
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"elect",
|
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"elite",
|
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"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
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"illuminati",
|
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"pink",
|
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"pride",
|
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"priesthood",
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"prime",
|
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"royalty",
|
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"upper crust"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"establishment",
|
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"gentry",
|
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"nobility",
|
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"quality",
|
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"society",
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"top",
|
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"top drawer",
|
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"upper class",
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"caviar",
|
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"caviare",
|
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"who's who"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"commoners",
|
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"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
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"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
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"multitude",
|
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"rank and file",
|
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"unwashed"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"you have first pick of your office mates for the softball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"druthers",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"option",
|
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"preference",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"volition",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"determination",
|
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"free will",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"vote",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perspicacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"Hobson's choice"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clam",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"sow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I pick you as my partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he seems to be trying to pick a fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eat reluctantly and in small bites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |