dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/elb_MWT.json
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{
"elbow grease":{
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"examples":[
"with a little polish and a lot of elbow grease , I was able to make the old silver teapot shine again"
],
"synonyms":[
"effort",
"exertion",
"expenditure",
"labor",
"pains",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"slog",
"strain",
"toil",
"travail",
"dint",
"energy",
"force",
"might",
"muscle",
"power",
"puissance",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adroitness",
"ease",
"facility",
"fluency",
"smoothness",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"laziness",
"quiescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"elbows":{
"to force one's way":{
"examples":[
"the sort of greedy person who is always the first to elbow to the front of the buffet table at every party"
],
"synonyms":[
"bores",
"bulldozes",
"bulls",
"crashes",
"jams",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes",
"shoulders",
"squeezes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rams",
"shoves",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"elbowing":{
"to force one's way":{
"examples":[
"the sort of greedy person who is always the first to elbow to the front of the buffet table at every party"
],
"synonyms":[
"boring",
"bulldozing",
"bulling",
"crashing",
"jamming",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing",
"shouldering",
"squeezing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ramming",
"shoving",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}