11767 lines
232 KiB
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11767 lines
232 KiB
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{
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"breach":{
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"a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation":{
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"examples":[
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"the president's deliberate misstatements were widely seen as a breach of the public trust"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contravention",
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"infraction",
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"infringement",
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"transgression",
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"trespass",
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"violation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"misconduct",
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"misdemeanor",
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"misfeasance",
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"misprision",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"sin",
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"wrong",
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"disregard",
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"forgetting",
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"ignoring",
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"nonobservance",
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"overlooking",
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"delinquency",
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"dereliction",
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"neglect",
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"encroachment",
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"intrusion",
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"invasion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"respecting",
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"upholding"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"noninfringement",
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"observance"
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]
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},
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"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
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"examples":[
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"cheating on the exam was a serious breach of the military academy's honor code"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crime",
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"debt",
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"error",
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"lawbreaking",
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"malefaction",
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"misdeed",
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"misdoing",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"sin",
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"transgression",
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"trespass",
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"violation",
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"wrongdoing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bias crime",
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"hate crime",
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"felony",
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"misconduct",
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"misdemeanor",
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"misfeasance",
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"fault",
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"foible",
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"peccadillo",
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"break",
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"infringement",
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"immorality",
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"iniquitousness",
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"iniquity",
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"sinfulness",
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"vice",
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"wickedness",
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"corruption",
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"debauchery",
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"depravity",
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"licentiousness",
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"abuse",
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"criminality",
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"illegality",
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"lawlessness",
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"unlawfulness",
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"descent",
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"downfall",
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"fall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blamelessness",
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"faultlessness",
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"guiltlessness",
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"impeccability",
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"innocence",
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"irreproachability",
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"goodness",
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"morality",
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"righteousness",
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"virtue",
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"virtuousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"noncrime"
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]
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},
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"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
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"examples":[
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"the cat got out of the yard through a breach in the hedge"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"discontinuity",
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"gap",
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"gulf",
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"hiatus",
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"hole",
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"interstice",
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"interval",
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"opening",
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"rent",
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"rift",
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"separation",
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"void"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chink",
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"cleft",
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"crack",
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"cranny",
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"crevice",
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"fissure",
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"notch",
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"slit",
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"slot",
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"split",
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"interspace",
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"pore",
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"abyss",
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"aperture",
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"cavity",
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"chasm",
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"gape",
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"orifice",
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"fracture",
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"rupture",
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"severance",
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"sundering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to fail to keep":{
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"examples":[
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"a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"contravene",
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"fracture",
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"infringe (on or upon)",
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"offend",
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"traduce",
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"transgress",
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"violate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disobey",
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"rebel",
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"blow off",
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"brush (off)",
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"disregard",
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"flout",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"overlook",
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"overpass",
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"pass over",
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"slight",
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"tune out",
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"wink (at)",
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"dismiss",
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"pooh-pooh",
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"pooh",
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"scorn",
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"shrug off",
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"defy",
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"resist",
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"withstand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"defer (to)",
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"serve",
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"submit (to)",
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"surrender (to)",
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"yield (to)",
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"attend",
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"hear",
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"heed",
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"listen (to)",
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"mark",
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"note",
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"notice",
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"regard",
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"watch"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"comply (with)",
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"conform (to)",
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"follow",
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"mind",
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"obey",
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"observe"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bread":{
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"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I'll buy that tomorrow, when I get some bread"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"coinage",
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"specie",
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"dead presidents",
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"folding money",
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"paper money",
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"scrip",
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"banknote",
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"cashier's check",
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"check",
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"draft",
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"money order",
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"note",
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"promissory note",
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"bill",
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"dollar",
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"greenback",
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"bankroll",
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"capital",
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"finances",
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"funds",
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"roll",
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"wad",
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"wallet",
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"chump change",
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"dibs",
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"dime",
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"mite",
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"peanuts",
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"pittance",
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"shoestring",
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"big bucks",
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"bomb",
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"boodle",
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"bundle",
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"earth",
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"fortune",
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"king's ransom",
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"megabucks",
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"mint",
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"packet",
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"pile",
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"pot",
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"abundance",
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"means",
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"opulence",
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"riches",
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"treasure",
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"wealth",
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"resources",
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"wherewithal",
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"mad money",
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"petty cash",
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"pin money",
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"pocket money",
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"spending money"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bucks",
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"cabbage",
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"cash",
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"change",
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"chips",
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"coin",
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"currency",
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"dough",
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"gold",
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"green",
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"jack",
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"kale",
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"legal tender",
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"lolly",
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"long green",
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"loot",
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"lucre",
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"money",
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"moola",
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"moolah",
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"needful",
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"pelf",
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"scratch",
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"shekels",
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"sheqels",
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"shekelim",
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"shekalim",
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"sheqalim",
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"tender",
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"wampum"
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]
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},
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"substances intended to be eaten":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"supplied his charges with bread and a place to stay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bane",
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"poison",
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"toxin",
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"venom"
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],
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"related":[
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"commissary",
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"rations",
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"supplies",
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"aliment",
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"nutriment",
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"diet",
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"nourishment",
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"nurture",
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"sustenance",
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"mess",
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"pap",
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"ensilage",
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"feed",
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"fodder",
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"forage",
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"silage",
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"slop",
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"swill",
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"feast",
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"meal",
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"refreshments",
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"regale",
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"repast",
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"spread",
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"board",
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"dish",
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"plate",
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"platter",
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"serving",
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"finger food",
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"natural food"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chow",
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"chuck",
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"comestibles",
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"eatables",
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"eats",
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"edibles",
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"fare",
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"food",
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"foodstuffs",
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"grub",
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"meat",
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"provender",
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"provisions",
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"table",
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"tucker",
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"viands",
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"victuals",
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"vittles"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"breadth":{
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"a wide space or area":{
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"examples":[
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"a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"distance",
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"expanse",
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"expansion",
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"extent",
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"field",
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"length",
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"plain",
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"reach",
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"sheet",
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"spread",
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"stretch",
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"waste"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"domain",
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"sphere",
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"territory",
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"compass",
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"range",
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"scope",
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"sweep",
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"gamut",
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"scale",
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"spectrum",
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"depth",
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"emptiness",
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"void",
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"extension",
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"latitude",
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"span",
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"amplitude",
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"immensity",
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"magnitude"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
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"examples":[
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"the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ambit",
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"amplitude",
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"compass",
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"confines",
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"dimension(s)",
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"extent",
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"range",
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"reach",
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"realm",
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"scope",
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"sweep",
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"width"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gamut",
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"spectrum",
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"spread",
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"bailiwick",
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"circle",
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"demesne",
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"department",
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"discipline",
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"domain",
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"element",
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"fief",
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"fiefdom",
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"field",
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"province",
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"region",
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"specialty",
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"sphere",
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"terrain",
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"frontier",
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"horizon",
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"panorama"
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"break down":{
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"a mental or nervous collapse":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aplomb",
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"calmness",
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"composure",
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"coolness",
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"imperturbability",
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"placidity",
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"self-possession",
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"sereneness",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility",
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"tranquilness"
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],
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"related":[
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"frazzle",
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"freak-out",
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"meltdown",
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"anxiety",
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"apprehension",
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"disquiet",
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"excitability",
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"nervousness",
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"disturbance",
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"agitation",
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"discomposure",
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"perturbation",
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"basket case"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crack-up",
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"nervous breakdown",
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"tailspin"
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]
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},
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"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the breakdown of the body was arrested by the embalming process"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"growth",
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"maturation",
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"ripening"
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],
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"related":[
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"crumbling",
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"disintegration",
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"dissolution",
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"curdling",
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"fermentation",
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"moldering",
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"souring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"corruption",
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"decay",
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"decomposition",
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"festering",
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"putrefaction",
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"putrescence",
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"rot",
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"spoilage"
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]
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},
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"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agglomeration",
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"aggregation",
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"amalgamation",
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"assimilation",
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"coalescence",
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"conglomeration",
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"consolidation",
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"integration",
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"synthesis",
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"unification"
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],
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"related":[
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"assessment",
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"diagnosis",
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"evaluation",
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"examination",
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"inspection",
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"investigation",
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"muster",
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"scrutiny",
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"arrangement",
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"assortment",
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"cataloging",
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"cataloguing",
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"categorization",
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"classification",
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"codification",
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"indexing",
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"enumeration",
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"inventory",
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"itemization",
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"tabulation",
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"division",
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"reduction",
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"segmentation",
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"separation",
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"subdivision"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"analysis",
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"anatomizing",
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"anatomy",
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"assay",
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"deconstruction",
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"dissection"
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]
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},
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"to arrange or assign according to type":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"when presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"confuse",
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"disarrange",
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"jumble",
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"lump",
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"mix (up)",
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"scramble",
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"misclassify",
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"missort",
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"mistype"
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],
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"related":[
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"array",
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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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"systematize",
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"alphabetize",
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"catalog",
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"catalogue",
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"file",
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"index",
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"list",
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"refer",
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"pigeonhole",
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"shelve",
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"identify",
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"recognize",
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"cull",
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"screen",
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"set",
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"sieve",
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"sift",
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"winnow",
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"clump",
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"cluster",
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"colligate",
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"recategorize",
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"reclassify",
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"regroup",
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"subcategorize"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assort",
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"categorize",
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"class",
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"classify",
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"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"type"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break with violence and much noise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"synthesize",
|
|
"unify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"diagnose",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"schematize",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"subdivide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"deconstruct",
|
|
"dissect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"construct"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disaggregate",
|
|
"disarticulate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"flip (out)",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"wig (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break off (with)":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hook up (with)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"befriend",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"jilt",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break out":{
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out , and there was a mad rush for flu shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze (up)",
|
|
"burst (forth)",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"touch off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the captives had been planning to stage a breakout at the next change in shift for the guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"getaway",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jailbreak",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"close call",
|
|
"close shave",
|
|
"near miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"retention",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break up":{
|
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demobilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"hang together"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"bifurcate",
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"dichotomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"fractionalize",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"halve",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"subdivide",
|
|
"trisect",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"fragmentate",
|
|
"fragmentize",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"weld"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"flip (out)",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"wig (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"rive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"hee-haw",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism pretty much signaled the end of the Cold War"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break-in":{
|
|
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"burgle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"stick up",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"horn in",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in burglary , holdup":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakfast":{
|
|
"the first meal of the day":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a big/good/hearty breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"collation",
|
|
"dinner",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"luncheon",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"menu",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"refection",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"barbecue",
|
|
"barbeque",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cookout",
|
|
"fry",
|
|
"fry-up",
|
|
"luau",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"potluck",
|
|
"roast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lunch , sup":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dine out",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"overfeed",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"chow (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"partake",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"victual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"fast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking free":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hostages managed to break free before anyone got hurt."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"breaking out (of)",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"running off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"eloping",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"walking out",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"coming back",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakneck":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the breakneck production of naval vessels during World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakout":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the captives had been planning to stage a breakout at the next change in shift for the guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"retention",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jailbreak",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"close call",
|
|
"close shave",
|
|
"near miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"getaway",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out , and there was a mad rush for flu shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"touch off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze (up)",
|
|
"burst (forth)",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks out (with)":{
|
|
"as in gets , goes down (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"comes down (with)",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"goes down (with)",
|
|
"sickens (with)",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"dies (from)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"recoups",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"snaps back",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers (from)",
|
|
"shakes (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakup":{
|
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demobilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"hang together"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
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"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
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"go",
|
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"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
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"quit",
|
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"stop",
|
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"terminate",
|
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"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
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"pause",
|
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"stay",
|
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"suspend",
|
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"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
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"wind down"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
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"persist"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
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"disconnect",
|
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"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"bifurcate",
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"dichotomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"fractionalize",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"halve",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"subdivide",
|
|
"trisect",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"fragmentate",
|
|
"fragmentize",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"weld"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"flip (out)",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"wig (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"rive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"hee-haw",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism pretty much signaled the end of the Cold War"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathe":{
|
|
"to inhale and exhale air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"respire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow (out)",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"inbreathe",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pant",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"suspire",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"sniff",
|
|
"snore",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"snuffle",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"yawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiate",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"garrote",
|
|
"garotte",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"throttle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as I breathe , you will have a place to stay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathing":{
|
|
"having or showing life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"realized that he didn't need a comic-book superhero, since he had a real, breathing hero in his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"resurrected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"stillborn",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghosty",
|
|
"zombielike",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonliving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inhale and exhale air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"respiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing (out)",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"inbreathing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"panting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"suspiring",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"sniffing",
|
|
"snoring",
|
|
"snorting",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"snuffling",
|
|
"whiffing",
|
|
"yawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"garroting",
|
|
"garotting",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"throttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as I breathe , you will have a place to stay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathless":{
|
|
"lacking fresh air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the room was hot and breathless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"suffocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airless",
|
|
"unventilated",
|
|
"fuggy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"ventilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"unstuffy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ran at a breathless pace to get help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"no longer living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried the breathless body of his beloved dog back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"stillborn",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"nonliving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bred-in-the-bone":{
|
|
"being such by habit and not likely to change":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bred-in-the-bone Democrat who always votes a straight ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"occasional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"unreconstructed",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unfailing",
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"deep-rooted",
|
|
"deep-seated",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"prone",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stubborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chronic",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"inveterate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firmly established over time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bred-in-the-bone honesty earned him the nickname of \"Honest Abe\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"irradicable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"chronic",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lifelong",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"deep-rooted",
|
|
"deep-seated",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breezily":{
|
|
"as in blithely , laughingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"amicably",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"jocularly",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly",
|
|
"hopefully",
|
|
"optimistically",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"elatedly",
|
|
"euphorically",
|
|
"rapturously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breezy":{
|
|
"having a relaxed, casual manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a breezy tour guide who remains completely unfazed no matter what the mishap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"mellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unfussy",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"approachable",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hail-fellow-well-met",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by strong wind or more wind than usual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a breezy day usually finds the waters of the bay studded with sail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drafty",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"open to the free circulation of air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's sit on the front porch; it's breezier there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"ventilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atmosphered",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suffocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"unventilated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brewed":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they accused her of deliberately trying to brew dissension within the rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"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 be about to happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's trouble brewing in the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impended",
|
|
"loomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"drew on",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"threatened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died down",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"fell back",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brewpubs":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brewski":{
|
|
"as in beer , microbrew":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"Dutch courage",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breedings":{
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family of good breeding that is well respected in the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodlines",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"family trees",
|
|
"genealogies",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"parentages",
|
|
"pedigrees",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredities",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brewskis":{
|
|
"as in beers , microbrews":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"Dutch courages",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breast-fed":{
|
|
"to give milk to from the breast":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believes that all women should breast-feed their babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"suckled",
|
|
"wet-nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle-fed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"weaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breast-feeding":{
|
|
"to give milk to from the breast":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believes that all women should breast-feed their babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"suckling",
|
|
"wet-nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle-feeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathers":{
|
|
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a breather from the seemingly endless task of sorting through years of stuff stored in the attic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"recesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"time-outs",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"downtimes",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"moratoriums",
|
|
"moratoria",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"discontinuities",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"hiatuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"endurances",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breasts":{
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deep in his breast , he knew that his father had a great love for him that did not need to be expressed in words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner spaces",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"souls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consciences",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"breasted the diagnosis of cancer with fortitude and optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves",
|
|
"outfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faces up (to)",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"squares (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"funks",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"sidesteps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakwater":{
|
|
"as in jetty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"cape",
|
|
"foreland",
|
|
"headland",
|
|
"ness",
|
|
"peninsula",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"promontory",
|
|
"spit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks free":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hostages managed to break free before anyone got hurt."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"breaks out (of)",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"runs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"elopes",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"sallies (forth)",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"walks out",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break (in)":{
|
|
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"burgle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"stick up",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"horn in",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in burglary , holdup":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakers":{
|
|
"as in whitecaps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whitecaps",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"combers",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"wavelets",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"ground swells",
|
|
"rollers",
|
|
"tidal waves",
|
|
"tsunamis",
|
|
"tsunami"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bred":{
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"procreated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"gendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"parented",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"spawned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was bred to a life in the military by his father, himself an army captain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"showed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this habit of favoring one employee over the others will breed resentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought on",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"caused",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drew on",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduced (to)",
|
|
"contributed (to)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"quenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"copulated",
|
|
"mated",
|
|
"slept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fornicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infixed",
|
|
"inseminated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inoculated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breadbaskets":{
|
|
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got hit right in the breadbasket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdomens",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"solar plexuses",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"tummies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"midriffs",
|
|
"waists",
|
|
"paunches",
|
|
"potbellies",
|
|
"thoraxes",
|
|
"thoraces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brews":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they accused her of deliberately trying to brew dissension within the rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"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 be about to happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's trouble brewing in the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impends",
|
|
"looms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"draws on",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"threatens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies down",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"falls back",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in alcohols , liquors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"nectars",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"soda pops",
|
|
"sodas",
|
|
"soft drinks",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"beverages",
|
|
"drinkables",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"quenchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breezed":{
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we breezed through the line for customs at the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"toiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking bread":{
|
|
"to take a meal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They always enjoy breaking bread with friends."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"partaking",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"victualing",
|
|
"victualling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"repasting",
|
|
"chowing (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"overfeeding",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"snacking",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"dining out",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"picnicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieting",
|
|
"fasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakfasting":{
|
|
"as in lunching , supping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"dining out",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"picnicking",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"snacking",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"overfeeding",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"chowing (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"repasting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"partaking",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"victualing",
|
|
"victualling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieting",
|
|
"fasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breech":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plant yourselves on your breeches on that bench and listen to what I have to say"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mounted riders look striking in their red coats and white breeches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"britches",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"slacks",
|
|
"trousers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
"bell-bottoms",
|
|
"blue jeans",
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"corduroys",
|
|
"denims",
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"legging",
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
"knickerbockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break in":{
|
|
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"burgle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"stick up",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"horn in",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in burglary , holdup":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathed":{
|
|
"as in whispered , muttered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"sonant",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inhale and exhale air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"respired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew (out)",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"inbreathed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"suspired",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"sniffed",
|
|
"snored",
|
|
"snorted",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"snuffled",
|
|
"whiffed",
|
|
"yawned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiated",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"garroted",
|
|
"garotted",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"throttled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as I breathe , you will have a place to stay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"succumbed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking point":{
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakdown":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"recategorize",
|
|
"reclassify",
|
|
"regroup",
|
|
"subcategorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"misclassify",
|
|
"missort",
|
|
"mistype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"deconstruct",
|
|
"dissect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"diagnose",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"schematize",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"subdivide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"synthesize",
|
|
"unify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"flip (out)",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"wig (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disaggregate",
|
|
"disarticulate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"construct"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break with violence and much noise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crack-up",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"tailspin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak-out",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"basket case"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the breakdown of the body was arrested by the embalming process"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"putrefaction",
|
|
"putrescence",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"souring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"anatomy",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"deconstruction",
|
|
"dissection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"evaluation",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"scrutiny",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"categorization",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"codification",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"enumeration",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"itemization",
|
|
"tabulation",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"subdivision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"amalgamation",
|
|
"assimilation",
|
|
"coalescence",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"synthesis",
|
|
"unification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break bread":{
|
|
"to take a meal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They always enjoy breaking bread with friends."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"partake",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"victual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"chow (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"overfeed",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"dine out",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"fast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking off (with)":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jilting",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooking up (with)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breached":{
|
|
"to fail to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"contravened",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"infringed (on or upon)",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled",
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"brushed (off)",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"tuned out",
|
|
"winked (at)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deferred (to)",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"observed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking the law":{
|
|
"to commit an offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's not like she broke the law , so go easy on her."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"sinning",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"messing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"regretting",
|
|
"repenting",
|
|
"ruing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakfasts":{
|
|
"the first meal of the day":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a big/good/hearty breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"collations",
|
|
"dinners",
|
|
"luncheons",
|
|
"lunches",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"teas",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"menus",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"refections",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"servings",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"barbecues",
|
|
"barbeques",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cookouts",
|
|
"fries",
|
|
"fry-ups",
|
|
"luaus",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"potlucks",
|
|
"roasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lunches , sups":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lunches",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"dines out",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"overeats",
|
|
"overfeeds",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"chows (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"dines",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"partakes",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"victuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"fasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breviaries":{
|
|
"a short statement of the main points":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speech that could serve as a breviary for impeachment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"conspectuses",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulations",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"roundups",
|
|
"rundowns",
|
|
"run-throughs",
|
|
"summae",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summings-up",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum-ups",
|
|
"synopses",
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compends",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"shortenings",
|
|
"simplifications",
|
|
"rehashes",
|
|
"reprises",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakfasted":{
|
|
"as in lunched , supped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lunched",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"dined out",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"picnicked",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"noshed",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"snacked",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"chowed (down)",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"repasted",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"dined",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"partook",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"victualed",
|
|
"victualled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieted",
|
|
"fasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathable":{
|
|
"as in porous , permeable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"pervious",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"absorbent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"nonporous",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking in":{
|
|
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"burgling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"sticking up",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"horning in",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking out (with)":{
|
|
"as in getting , going down (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"coming down (with)",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"going down (with)",
|
|
"sickening (with)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"dying (from)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming back",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"recouping",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"snapping back",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering (from)",
|
|
"shaking (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking off":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break free":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hostages managed to break free before anyone got hurt."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"break out (of)",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"elope",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"walk out",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breastworks":{
|
|
"as in bulwarks , ramparts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battlements",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"embattlements",
|
|
"parapets",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"citadels",
|
|
"fortifications",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"blockhouses",
|
|
"garrison houses",
|
|
"alcazars",
|
|
"casbahs",
|
|
"kasbahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breechloader":{
|
|
"as in shotgun , musket":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"speargun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breasted":{
|
|
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"breasted the diagnosis of cancer with fortitude and optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved",
|
|
"outfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faced up (to)",
|
|
"fronted",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"accosted",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"squared (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"funked",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"sidestepped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breadbasket":{
|
|
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got hit right in the breadbasket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdomen",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"solar plexus",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midriff",
|
|
"waist",
|
|
"paunch",
|
|
"potbelly",
|
|
"thorax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks the law":{
|
|
"to commit an offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's not like she broke the law , so go easy on her."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"transgresses",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"messes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"repents",
|
|
"rues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brewing":{
|
|
"as in gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"oncoming",
|
|
"upcoming",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"imminent",
|
|
"impending",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"pending",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"eventual",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they accused her of deliberately trying to brew dissension within the rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"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 be about to happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's trouble brewing in the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impending",
|
|
"looming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"drawing on",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying down",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"falling back",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breviary":{
|
|
"a short statement of the main points":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speech that could serve as a breviary for impeachment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"conspectus",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulation",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulation",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"resum\u00e9",
|
|
"roundup",
|
|
"run-through",
|
|
"rundown",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum-up",
|
|
"summa",
|
|
"summarization",
|
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"summary",
|
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"summing-up",
|
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"synopsis",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
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"compend",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"rehash",
|
|
"reprise",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brevity":{
|
|
"the condition of being short":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the best quality a graduation speech can have is brevity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"shortness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"compendiousness",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"laconism",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"tautness",
|
|
"terseness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"tininess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protraction",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"talkativeness",
|
|
"talkiness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"volubility",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"largeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lengthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if brevity is the soul of wit, then that speech wasn't at all witty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"sententiousness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"shortness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"tautology"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break off":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking":{
|
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"riving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"slivering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the final vote broke the deadlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demoting",
|
|
"disrating",
|
|
"downgrading",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park mathematicians broke the Enigma code being used by the Nazis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"decrypting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descrambling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unriddling",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"jumbling (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"coding",
|
|
"enciphering",
|
|
"encoding",
|
|
"encrypting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she broke from her ruminations to find that it was already dinnertime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pausing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"letting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"farmers once broke fields with horse-drawn plows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"furrowing",
|
|
"plowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"tilling",
|
|
"fallowing",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"hoeing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"rototilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to confess that he had broken his promise not to share their conversation with anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"contravening",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"infringing (on or upon)",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"violating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"brushing (off)",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"tuning out",
|
|
"winking (at)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Professor Bates broke the problem when she realized that it was possible to synthesize the necessary compounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"riddling (out)",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unriddling",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I broke a tooth on the hard candy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"bloodying",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"crossing (up)",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"dinting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working for 30 years, the pump simply broke one day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"malfunctioning",
|
|
"jamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the herd of gazelles broke when they saw the lions racing toward them from the ridge above"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hightailing (it)",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"skedaddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"eloping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"getting (away)",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"making off",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping (out)",
|
|
"skirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trek up the mountain just about broke me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as soon as the scandal broke , the CEO fled the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"getting about",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"getting round",
|
|
"leaking (out)",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"transpiring",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another bad investment could break him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"ruining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beggaring",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"pauperizing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"straitening",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"richening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crisis had passed, and a new day was breaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"setting in",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming on",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back broke to his left before running out of bounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"yawing",
|
|
"zagging",
|
|
"zigging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skewing",
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"devaluating",
|
|
"devaluing",
|
|
"downgrading",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"marking down",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"writing down",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demonetizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"underpricing",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloating",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"overestimating",
|
|
"overpricing",
|
|
"overrating",
|
|
"overvaluing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"marking up",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go beyond the limit of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a menu with prices that is likely to break the budgets of all but the wealthiest of diners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outreaching",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"overreaching",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"overshooting",
|
|
"overstepping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overusing",
|
|
"overutilizing",
|
|
"overworking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dolphins were breaking all around the boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"rising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breezed (in)":{
|
|
"as in barged (in) , waltzed (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"bursted (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzed (in)",
|
|
"accessed",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"strayed (into)",
|
|
"wandered (into)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"gate-crashed",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"left"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brewages":{
|
|
"as in beers , ales":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
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"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"Dutch courages",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakthroughs":{
|
|
"an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was one of medicine's great breakthroughs , for penicillin became the first antibiotic to successfully combat bacterial infections in humans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"refinements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quantum leaps",
|
|
"ameliorations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"meliorations",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"betterments",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gestations",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"maturations",
|
|
"perfections",
|
|
"civilizations",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"educations",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"renaissances",
|
|
"renascences",
|
|
"revivals",
|
|
"discoveries",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"languishments",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breather":{
|
|
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a breather from the seemingly endless task of sorting through years of stuff stored in the attic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"recess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"time-out",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"hiatus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathes":{
|
|
"to inhale and exhale air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"respires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows (out)",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"inbreathes",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"suspires",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"sniffs",
|
|
"snores",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"snuffles",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"yawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asphyxiates",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"garrotes",
|
|
"garottes",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"throttles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as I breathe , you will have a place to stay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brew":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they accused her of deliberately trying to brew dissension within the rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"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 be about to happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's trouble brewing in the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impend",
|
|
"loom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"threaten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die down",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"fall back",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in alcohol , liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"nectar",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"soda",
|
|
"soda pop",
|
|
"soft drink",
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"beverage",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"drinkable",
|
|
"libation",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"quencher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaths":{
|
|
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's all take a breath before continuing this discussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breathers",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"recesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"time-outs",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"downtimes",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"moratoriums",
|
|
"moratoria",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"discontinuities",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"hiatuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"endurances",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a slight or gentle movement of air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sweet breath caressed her cheek as she sat in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"sea breezes",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"westerlies",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"airflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mornings are already getting warmer, and there is a breath of spring in the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"tangs",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"whiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"permeations",
|
|
"pervasions",
|
|
"saturations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks down":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"recategorizes",
|
|
"reclassifies",
|
|
"regroups",
|
|
"subcategorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"misclassifies",
|
|
"missorts",
|
|
"mistypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"molders",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"rusts",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"deconstructs",
|
|
"dissects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schematizes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"subdivides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"synthesizes",
|
|
"unifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"stalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"malfunctions",
|
|
"jams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"flips (out)",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"melts down",
|
|
"wigs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disaggregates",
|
|
"disarticulates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"constructs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break with violence and much noise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wracks",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breechloaders":{
|
|
"as in shotguns , muskets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"culverins",
|
|
"fieldpieces",
|
|
"firelocks",
|
|
"flintlocks",
|
|
"harquebuses",
|
|
"arquebuses",
|
|
"matchlocks",
|
|
"muskets",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"smoothbores",
|
|
"twenty-twos",
|
|
".22s",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"firearms",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"small arms",
|
|
"derringers",
|
|
"forty-fives",
|
|
".45s",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"handguns",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"revolvers",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"roscoes",
|
|
"sidearms",
|
|
"six-guns",
|
|
"six-shooters",
|
|
"zip guns",
|
|
"self-loaders",
|
|
"semiautomatics",
|
|
"AK-47s",
|
|
"assault rifles",
|
|
"assault weapons",
|
|
"automatics",
|
|
"carbines",
|
|
"machine guns",
|
|
"machine pistols",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"submachine guns",
|
|
"tommy guns",
|
|
"spearguns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakdowns":{
|
|
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crack-ups",
|
|
"nervous breakdowns",
|
|
"tailspins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freak-outs",
|
|
"meltdowns",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"anxieties",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"excitabilities",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"discomposures",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"basket cases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"composures",
|
|
"imperturbabilities",
|
|
"placidities",
|
|
"self-possessions",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"anatomies",
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"deconstructions",
|
|
"dissections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"evaluations",
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"investigations",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"scrutinies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"categorizations",
|
|
"classifications",
|
|
"codifications",
|
|
"indexings",
|
|
"enumerations",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"itemizations",
|
|
"tabulations",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"segmentations",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"subdivisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"amalgamations",
|
|
"assimilations",
|
|
"coalescences",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"consolidations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"syntheses",
|
|
"unifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breastwork":{
|
|
"as in bulwark , rampart":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"embattlement",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"blockhouse",
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"casbah",
|
|
"kasbah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breadths":{
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"magnitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"horizons",
|
|
"panoramas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking (in)":{
|
|
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"burgling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"sticking up",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"horning in",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breeding ground":{
|
|
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwashed skin is a breeding ground for bacteria"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hothouse",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"nidus",
|
|
"nursery",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"seminary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breast":{
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deep in his breast , he knew that his father had a great love for him that did not need to be expressed in words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bone(s)",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner space",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"breasted the diagnosis of cancer with fortitude and optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave",
|
|
"outface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"face up (to)",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accost",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"square (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"sidestep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks bread":{
|
|
"to take a meal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They always enjoy breaking bread with friends."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dines",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"partakes",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"victuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"chows (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"overeats",
|
|
"overfeeds",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"dines out",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"breakfasts",
|
|
"lunches",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"picnics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"fasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breezeway":{
|
|
"as in loggia , cloister":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcade",
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"loggia",
|
|
"piazza",
|
|
"concourse",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"passageway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breeches":{
|
|
"an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mounted riders look striking in their red coats and white breeches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"britches",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"slacks",
|
|
"trousers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
"bell-bottoms",
|
|
"blue jeans",
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"corduroys",
|
|
"denims",
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"legging",
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
"knickerbockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breeds":{
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people say that honest politicians are a rare breed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"genres",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"varieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"models",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"procreates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"genders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"parents",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"spawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was bred to a life in the military by his father, himself an army captain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this habit of favoring one employee over the others will breed resentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"brings on",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"draws on",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"effectuates",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"results (in)",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"translates (into)",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduces (to)",
|
|
"contributes (to)",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"quenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"copulates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fornicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"inseminates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"break":{
|
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"rive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the final vote broke the deadlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demote",
|
|
"disrate",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hire"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park mathematicians broke the Enigma code being used by the Nazis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"decrypt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descramble",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"translate",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unriddle",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"jumble (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"code",
|
|
"encipher",
|
|
"encode",
|
|
"encrypt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she broke from her ruminations to find that it was already dinnertime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pause"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"knock off",
|
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"lay off",
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"quit",
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"lapse",
|
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"let up"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"farmers once broke fields with horse-drawn plows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"plow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"till",
|
|
"fallow",
|
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"harrow",
|
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"hoe",
|
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"list",
|
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"rake",
|
|
"rototill"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to confess that he had broken his promise not to share their conversation with anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"contravene",
|
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"fracture",
|
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"infringe (on or upon)",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"brush (off)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"tune out",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Professor Bates broke the problem when she realized that it was possible to synthesize the necessary compounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"riddle (out)",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unriddle",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I broke a tooth on the hard candy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working for 30 years, the pump simply broke one day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the herd of gazelles broke when they saw the lions racing toward them from the ridge above"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hightail (it)",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"skedaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"elope",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"get (away)",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"make off",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip (out)",
|
|
"skirr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trek up the mountain just about broke me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"outwear",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as soon as the scandal broke , the CEO fled the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"get about",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"get round",
|
|
"leak (out)",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"transpire",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another bad investment could break him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"pauperize",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"straiten",
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"richen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crisis had passed, and a new day was breaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back broke to his left before running out of bounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"yaw",
|
|
"zag",
|
|
"zig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skew",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"devaluate",
|
|
"devalue",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"mark down",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"write down",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demonetize",
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underprice",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overprice",
|
|
"overrate",
|
|
"overvalue",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"mark up",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go beyond the limit of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a menu with prices that is likely to break the budgets of all but the wealthiest of diners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outreach",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overshoot",
|
|
"overstep",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overuse",
|
|
"overutilize",
|
|
"overwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dolphins were breaking all around the boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a brief break after the first movement as the doors to the concert hall were opened and the latecomers were allowed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breather",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"recess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"time-out",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"hiatus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the students at the boarding school are going home for Christmas break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holiday",
|
|
"hols",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sabbatical",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"breather",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"holy day",
|
|
"legal holiday",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"slacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rancher repaired the break in the fence where the horse had gotten through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"interstice",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"slot",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"interspace",
|
|
"pore",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"aperture",
|
|
"cavity",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"orifice",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in classic fashion, her big break came when, as an understudy, she took over for an ailing star"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"play",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a guy who just seems to get all the breaks in life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desperate break from that hellhole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakout",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"getaway",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jailbreak",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"close call",
|
|
"close shave",
|
|
"near miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"retention",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathtaking":{
|
|
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a truly breathtaking view of the majestic waterfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"exhilarative",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"kicky",
|
|
"mind-bending",
|
|
"mind-blowing",
|
|
"mind-boggling",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"high-voltage",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"lusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uninteresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unexciting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks off (with)":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"jilts",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooks up (with)",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"befriends",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakfronts":{
|
|
"as in bookcases , credenzas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookcases",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"china closets",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credenzas",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
|
|
"etageres",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"taborets",
|
|
"tabourets",
|
|
"vitrines",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"sideboards",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"dressers",
|
|
"pie safes",
|
|
"armoires",
|
|
"clothespresses",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"wardrobes",
|
|
"cabinetries",
|
|
"shelvings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathes (out)":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaned back in his chair and breathed out the smoke from his pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows (out)",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathes",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"inspires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breeze (in)":{
|
|
"as in barge (in) , waltz (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"waltz (in)",
|
|
"access",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"stray (into)",
|
|
"wander (into)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"gate-crash",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks (in)":{
|
|
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizes",
|
|
"burgles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"sticks up",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"marauds",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"cuts in",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"horns in",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"puts in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathing (out)":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaned back in his chair and breathed out the smoke from his pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing (out)",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breathed (out)":{
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaned back in his chair and breathed out the smoke from his pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew (out)",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks off":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
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"ends",
|
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"expires",
|
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"finishes",
|
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"goes",
|
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"halts",
|
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"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
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"lets up",
|
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"passes",
|
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"quits",
|
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"stops",
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"terminates",
|
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"winds up",
|
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"winks (out)"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"desists (from)",
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"lays off (of)",
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"refrains (from)",
|
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"gives over",
|
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"knocks off",
|
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"packs (up or in)",
|
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"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
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"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
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"stays",
|
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"suspends",
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"abates",
|
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"peters (out)",
|
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"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"brewage":{
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|
"as in beer , ale":{
|
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"Dutch courage",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakable":{
|
|
"easily broken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"elderly people's bones can be highly breakable if they suffer from osteoporosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"eggshell",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"crispy",
|
|
"crumbly",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"embrittled",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"flakey",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rubberlike",
|
|
"rubbery",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"stretchable",
|
|
"supple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"nonbreakable",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaking out (of)":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"running off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"eloping",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"walking out",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"coming back",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brethren":{
|
|
"a male connected with another person by a common parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When was the last time you called your brother ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siblings",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"stepbrothers",
|
|
"stepsisters",
|
|
"cousins",
|
|
"kinsmen",
|
|
"kinswomen",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"in-laws",
|
|
"kissing cousins",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"tribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of a religious community of men":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was loved and respected among his brothers at the monastery."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"nuns",
|
|
"abbesses",
|
|
"anchoresses",
|
|
"ancresses",
|
|
"cloistresses",
|
|
"conventuals",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"prioresses",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"priestesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a man with whom one feels a sense of solidarity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"As veterans, we support our brothers and sisters in the military."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"amigos",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"compadres",
|
|
"confidantes",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"pals",
|
|
"acquaintances",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"blood brothers",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"pen pals",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"friendlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"opponents",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"archenemies",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breakwaters":{
|
|
"as in jetties":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"capes",
|
|
"forelands",
|
|
"headlands",
|
|
"nesses",
|
|
"peninsulas",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"promontories",
|
|
"spits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"breaks out":{
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out , and there was a mad rush for flu shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes (up)",
|
|
"bursts (forth)",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flares (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"touches off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |