2679 lines
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2679 lines
52 KiB
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{
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"loca":{
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"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"headquarters",
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"happy hunting ground",
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"hive",
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"hotbed",
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"hot spot",
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"playground",
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"playland",
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"kernel",
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"nub",
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"pith",
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"deep",
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"thick",
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"essence",
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"quintessence",
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"soul",
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"attraction",
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"lodestone",
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"loadstone",
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"magnet",
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"polestar"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"axis",
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"base",
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"capital",
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"center",
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"central",
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"core",
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"cynosure",
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"epicenter",
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"eye",
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"focus",
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"ground zero",
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"heart",
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"hub",
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"mecca",
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"navel",
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"nerve center",
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"nexus",
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"nucleus",
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"omphalos",
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"seat"
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]
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},
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"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"scene",
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"precinct",
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"region",
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"section",
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"sector",
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"here",
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"there"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"emplacement",
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"locale",
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"locality",
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"location",
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"place",
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"point",
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"position",
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"site",
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"spot",
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"venue",
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"where"
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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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"localite":{
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"a usually longtime resident of a locality":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"visitors to the Florida Keys soon learn that \"conch\" is a term for a localite as well as a mollusk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"excursionist",
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"sightseer",
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"traveler",
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"traveller",
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"holidayer",
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"vacationer",
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"vacationist"
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],
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"related":[
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"denizen",
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"dweller",
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"habitant",
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"inhabitant",
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"occupant",
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"resident",
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"resider"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"local",
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"native",
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"townie",
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"towny",
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"year-rounder"
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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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"located":{
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"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
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"examples":[
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"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ascertained",
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"descried",
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"detected",
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"determined",
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"discovered",
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"dredged (up)",
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"dug out",
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"dug up",
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"ferreted (out)",
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"found",
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"found out",
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"got",
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"hit (on or upon)",
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"hunted (down or up)",
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"learned",
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"nosed out",
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"ran down",
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"rooted (out)",
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"routed (out)",
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"rummaged",
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"scared up",
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"scouted (up)",
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"tracked (down)",
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"turned up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"espied",
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"sighted",
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"spotted",
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"looked for",
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"searched (for or out)",
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"sought"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lost",
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"mislaid",
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"misplaced",
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"misset",
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"mis-set"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"missed",
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"overlooked",
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"passed over"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lock (up)":{
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"to put in or as if in prison":{
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"examples":[
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"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"commit",
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"confine",
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"immure",
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"imprison",
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"incarcerate",
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"intern",
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"jail",
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"jug"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"constrain",
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"limit",
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"restrain",
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"restrict",
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"shut",
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"bar",
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"gate",
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"apprehend",
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"arrest",
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"bust",
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"capture",
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"catch",
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"detain",
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"nab",
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"pick up",
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"pinch",
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"seize",
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"impress",
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"shanghai",
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"hold",
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"impound",
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"keep",
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"bind",
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"enchain",
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"fetter",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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"trammel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipate",
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"enfranchise",
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"manumit",
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"unbind",
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"uncage",
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"unchain",
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"unfetter"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"discharge",
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"free",
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"liberate",
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"release"
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]
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},
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"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
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"examples":[
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"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastille",
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"big house",
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"bridewell",
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"brig",
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"calaboose",
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"can",
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"clink",
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"cooler",
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"coop",
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"guardroom",
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"hock",
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"hold",
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"hoosegow",
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"jail",
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"jailhouse",
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"joint",
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"jug",
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"nick",
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"pen",
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"penitentiary",
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"pokey",
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"prison",
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"quod",
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"slam",
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"slammer",
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"stir",
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"stockade",
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"tolbooth"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bull pen",
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"cage",
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"cell",
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"hole",
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"tank",
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"block",
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"ward",
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"glasshouse",
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"guardhouse",
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"hulk(s)",
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"concentration camp",
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"gulag",
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"labor camp",
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"prison camp",
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"stalag",
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"work camp",
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"dungeon",
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"keep",
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"oubliette",
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"reformatory",
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"reform school",
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"training school"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"outside"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"locker":{
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"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
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"examples":[
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"the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bin",
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"box",
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"caddy",
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"case",
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"casket",
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"chest",
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"trunk"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carton",
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"crate",
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"footlocker",
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"sea chest",
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"coffer",
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"lockbox",
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"safe",
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"safe-deposit box",
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"strongbox",
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"coffin",
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"compartment",
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"vault",
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"canteen",
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"caisson",
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"hope chest",
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"minaudi\u00e8re",
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"bandbox",
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"hatbox",
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"jewel box",
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"snuffbox",
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"tinderbox"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
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"examples":[
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"a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buffet",
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"cabinet",
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"closet",
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"console",
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"cupboard",
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"hutch",
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"press",
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"sideboard"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bookcase",
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"breakfront",
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"chest",
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"china closet",
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"credence",
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"credenza",
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"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
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"etagere",
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"secretary",
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"showcase",
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"taboret",
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"tabouret",
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"vitrine",
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"cuddy",
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"dresser",
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"pie safe",
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"armoire",
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"clothespress",
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"garderobe",
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"wardrobe",
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"cabinetry",
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"shelving"
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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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"locker-room":{
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"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
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"examples":[
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"keep your locker-room talk for your fraternity brothers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdy",
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"blue",
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"coarse",
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"crude",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"gross",
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"gutter",
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"impure",
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"indecent",
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"lascivious",
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"lewd",
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"nasty",
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"obscene",
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"pornographic",
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"porny",
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"profane",
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"raunchy",
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"ribald",
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"smutty",
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"stag",
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"trashy",
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"unprintable",
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"vulgar",
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"wanton",
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"X-rated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broad",
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"coarse-grained",
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"gamy",
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"gamey",
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"off",
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"off-color",
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"off-colored",
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"racy",
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"risqu\u00e9",
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"salacious",
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"salty",
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"suggestive",
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"barnyard",
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"earthy",
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"scatological",
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"immodest",
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"indecorous",
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"indelicate",
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"low",
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"unbecoming",
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"depraved",
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"kinky",
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"louche",
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"naughty",
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"perverse",
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"perverted",
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"wicked",
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"exceptionable",
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"objectionable",
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"unacceptable",
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"undesirable",
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"unwanted",
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"unwelcome",
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"abhorrent",
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"debasing",
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"disgusting",
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"loathsome",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"distasteful",
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"obnoxious",
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"unpleasant",
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"blamable",
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"blameworthy",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"atrocious",
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"infamous",
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"abusive",
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"scurrilous",
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"hard-core",
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"soft",
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"soft-core"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"priggish",
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"prim",
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"prudish",
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"puritanical",
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"staid",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"Victorian",
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"correct",
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"decorous",
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"genteel",
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"nice",
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"polite",
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"proper",
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"respectable",
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"seemly",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive",
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"acceptable",
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"agreeable",
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"desirable",
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"pleasant",
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"pleasing",
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"welcome",
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"appropriate",
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"becoming",
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"fit",
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"meet",
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"suitable",
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"immaculate",
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"perfect",
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"pure",
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"spotless",
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"virginal",
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"approved",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"sanctioned"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"decent",
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"G-rated",
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"nonobscene",
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"wholesome"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"locks":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"one that is certain to succeed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dark horses",
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"long shots"
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],
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"related":[
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"certainties",
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"inevitabilities",
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"eventualities",
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"foregone conclusions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cinches",
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"shoo-ins",
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"slam dunks",
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"sure things"
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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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"lockstep":{
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"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
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"examples":[
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"followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drill",
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"grind",
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"groove",
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"pattern",
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"rote",
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"routine",
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"rut",
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"treadmill"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"daily dozen",
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"regimen",
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"housekeeping",
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"custom",
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"fashion",
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"habit",
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"practice",
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"practise",
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"trick",
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"wont",
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"approach",
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"manner",
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"method",
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"procedure",
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"strategy",
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"style",
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"tack",
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"technique",
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"way",
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"design",
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"plan",
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"program",
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"scheme",
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"convention",
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"policy",
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"tradition"
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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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"loco":{
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
|
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"uncrazy"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that dog's plumb loco , just running around in circles all day long"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"lucid",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"judicious",
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"sensible",
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"wise",
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"healthy",
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"normal",
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"well-adjusted",
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"unneurotic"
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],
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"related":[
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"dotty",
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"fey",
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"loopy",
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"off",
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"potty",
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"teched",
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"tetched",
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"touched",
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"aberrant",
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"delirious",
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"delusional",
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"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"unbalance",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unstring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locus":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"navel",
|
|
"nerve center",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"omphalos",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hot spot",
|
|
"playground",
|
|
"playland",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"polestar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"venue",
|
|
"where"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"sector",
|
|
"here",
|
|
"there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lockups":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastilles",
|
|
"big houses",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"penitentiaries",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locutions":{
|
|
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the poet's somewhat affected locution , word order is often reversed and so we have \"the sea serene\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"phraseologies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"deliveries",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"idioms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locks horns":{
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alan likes to locks horns with everyone, so don't take it personally."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercates",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"argufies",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brabbles",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexists",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"consents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locks (up)":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"imprisons",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"jugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"shuts",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"impounds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locked horns":{
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alan likes to locks horns with everyone, so don't take it personally."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"argufied",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"brabbled",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"spatted",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"tiffed",
|
|
"wrangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"protested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisted",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"consented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lock":{
|
|
"as in bar , latch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"batten (down)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"latch",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"steek",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"slam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unbar",
|
|
"unbolt",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unlatch",
|
|
"unlock",
|
|
"unseal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wrap , fold":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"embosom",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"snuggle",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"cling",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"bear-hug",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclasp",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that is certain to succeed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"shoo-in",
|
|
"slam dunk",
|
|
"sure thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"inevitability",
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"foregone conclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"long shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locate":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locks out":{
|
|
"as in sits in , walks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"walks out",
|
|
"sits in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locked":{
|
|
"as in barred , latched":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"battened (down)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"steeked",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"sealed",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"slammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wrapped , folded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"cuddled",
|
|
"fondled",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"petted",
|
|
"snuggled",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"clung",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"bear-hugged",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclasped",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locking (up)":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locality":{
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a locality filled with exotic plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"venue",
|
|
"where"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"sector",
|
|
"here",
|
|
"there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locking":{
|
|
"as in barring , latching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"battening (down)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"steeking",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"sealing",
|
|
"stoppering",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"slamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"unbolting",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unlatching",
|
|
"unlocking",
|
|
"unsealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wrapping , folding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clinging",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"bear-hugging",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclasping",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"straining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locoed":{
|
|
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locking out":{
|
|
"as in sitting in , walking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"walking out",
|
|
"sitting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locating":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunting (down or up)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lockers":{
|
|
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caddies",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"caskets",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"trunks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartons",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"footlockers",
|
|
"sea chests",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"lockboxes",
|
|
"safe-deposit boxes",
|
|
"safes",
|
|
"strongboxes",
|
|
"coffins",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"canteens",
|
|
"caissons",
|
|
"hope chests",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8res",
|
|
"bandboxes",
|
|
"hatboxes",
|
|
"jewel boxes",
|
|
"snuffboxes",
|
|
"tinderboxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"sideboards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookcases",
|
|
"breakfronts",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"china closets",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credenzas",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
|
|
"etageres",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"taborets",
|
|
"tabourets",
|
|
"vitrines",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"dressers",
|
|
"pie safes",
|
|
"armoires",
|
|
"clothespresses",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"wardrobes",
|
|
"cabinetries",
|
|
"shelvings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locomotions":{
|
|
"the act or power of moving from place to place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"studying the locomotion of spiders",
|
|
"Walking is one form of locomotion ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locution":{
|
|
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the poet's somewhat affected locution , word order is often reversed and so we have \"the sea serene\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"phraseology",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locales":{
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we found an ideal locale for our annual picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie's locale is ambiguous, though the architecture and dress are suggestive of 19th-century Europe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backgrounds",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"settings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrops",
|
|
"sceneries",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
|
|
"tableaux",
|
|
"tableaus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"loch":{
|
|
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his biography of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell tells of being conducted by a Scottish boatman \"across one of the lochs , as they call them, or arms of the sea\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bight",
|
|
"cove",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"embayment",
|
|
"estuary",
|
|
"firth",
|
|
"fjord",
|
|
"fiord",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"port",
|
|
"road(s)",
|
|
"roadstead",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"localities":{
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a locality filled with exotic plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locomoted":{
|
|
"to change one's position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most babies begin to locomote \u2014by crawling\u2014when they are seven to ten months old"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fidgeted",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"squiggled",
|
|
"squirmed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wriggled",
|
|
"writhed",
|
|
"roused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"stabilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locksteps":{
|
|
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"rotes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"ruts",
|
|
"treadmills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daily dozens",
|
|
"regimens",
|
|
"housekeepings",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locates":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"dredges (up)",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunts (down or up)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"routs (out)",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"scouts (up)",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"looks for",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces",
|
|
"missets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locations":{
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we chose the historic church on Main Street as the location for the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locus classicus":{
|
|
"as in classic , paradigm":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"microcosm",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locomote":{
|
|
"to change one's position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most babies begin to locomote \u2014by crawling\u2014when they are seven to ten months old"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fidget",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squiggle",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wriggle",
|
|
"writhe",
|
|
"rouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"stabilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"still"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lockup":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locked out":{
|
|
"as in sat in , walked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"sat in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"localism":{
|
|
"as in regionalism , provincialism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"parlance",
|
|
"pidgin",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"argot",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"dialect",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"lingo",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"slang",
|
|
"terminology",
|
|
"vocabulary",
|
|
"slanguage",
|
|
"bureaucratese",
|
|
"computerese",
|
|
"cyberspeak",
|
|
"educationese",
|
|
"governmentese",
|
|
"journalese",
|
|
"technobabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"local":{
|
|
"as in regional":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"autochthonous",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"endemic",
|
|
"indigenous",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonindigenous",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"immigrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a local unit of an organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the truck drivers are members of Local 349 of the Teamsters' Union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"council"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"subchapter",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually longtime resident of a locality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"few locals seem to patronize the city's touristy restaurants, leaving them to diners who prefer atmosphere over food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"localite",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"townie",
|
|
"towny",
|
|
"year-rounder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excursionist",
|
|
"sightseer",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"holidayer",
|
|
"vacationer",
|
|
"vacationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lockout":{
|
|
"as in sit in , walk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walk out",
|
|
"sit in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in strike , walkout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"go-slow",
|
|
"job action",
|
|
"sick-out",
|
|
"sit-down",
|
|
"sit-in",
|
|
"slowdown",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"walkout",
|
|
"sympathetic strike",
|
|
"sympathy strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"locos":{
|
|
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"unbalances",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unstrings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
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"tranquilizes",
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"tranquillizes"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"locket":{
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"as in teardrop":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"teardrop",
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"bangle",
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"charm",
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"lavaliere",
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"lavalliere",
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"pendant",
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"pendent"
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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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} |