10059 lines
200 KiB
JSON
10059 lines
200 KiB
JSON
{
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"put away":{
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"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disinter",
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"exhume",
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"unearth"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"burn",
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"cremate",
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"bare",
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"disclose",
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"discover",
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"display",
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"exhibit",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"show",
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"uncoffin"
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],
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"related":[
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"immure",
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"inurn",
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"enshrine",
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"conceal",
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"cover",
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"ensconce",
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"hide",
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"obscure",
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"shade",
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"shield",
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"cloak",
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"curtain",
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"enshroud",
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"shroud",
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"rebury",
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"reinter",
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"coffin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bury",
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"entomb",
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"hearse",
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"inhume",
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"inter",
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"lay",
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"tomb"
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]
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},
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"to put to death deliberately":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"animate",
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"raise",
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"restore",
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"resurrect",
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"resuscitate",
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"revive"
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],
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"related":[
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"blow away",
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"shoot",
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"shoot down",
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"blot out",
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"carry off",
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"claim",
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"cut down",
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"destroy",
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"fell",
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"kill",
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"smite",
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"zap",
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"butcher",
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"massacre",
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"mow (down)",
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"slaughter",
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"annihilate",
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"eliminate",
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"eradicate",
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"exterminate",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assassinate",
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"bump off",
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"croak",
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"dispatch",
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"do in",
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"execute",
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"get",
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"ice",
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"knock off",
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"liquidate",
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"murder",
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"neutralize",
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"off",
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"rub out",
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"slay",
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"snuff",
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"take out",
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"terminate",
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"whack"
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]
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},
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"to take in as food":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"digest",
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"down",
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"mouth (down)",
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"swallow",
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"bolt",
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"chow (down on)",
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"devour",
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"glut (on)",
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"gobble (up or down)",
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"gorge",
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"gulp",
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"scoff",
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"slop",
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"snarf (down)",
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"swill",
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"wolf",
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"chew",
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"gnaw (at or on)",
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"gum",
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"lap",
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"lick",
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"nibble (on)",
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"nurse",
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"pick (at)",
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"relish",
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"savor",
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"savour",
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"taste",
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"banquet",
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"dine",
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"fare",
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"feast",
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"gormandize",
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"pig out",
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"regale",
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"dispatch",
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"polish off",
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"breakfast",
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"lunch",
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"sup",
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"munch",
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"nosh",
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"snack"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"consume",
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"eat",
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"ingest",
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"partake (of)",
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"put down",
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"tuck (away or in)"
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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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"put into words":{
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"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Their son would hold his feelings inside and only put them into words when questioned."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"stifle",
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"suppress"
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],
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"related":[
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"air",
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"discuss",
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"give",
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"look",
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"share",
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"sound",
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"vent",
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"ventilate",
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"voice",
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"blabber",
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"bolt",
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"blurt",
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"get off",
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"shoot",
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"advertise",
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"announce",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"declare",
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"post",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"publicize",
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"publish",
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"affirm",
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"allege",
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"assert",
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"aver",
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"avouch",
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"avow",
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"breathe",
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"chirp",
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"drawl",
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"gasp",
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"lip",
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"mouth",
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"murmur",
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"purr",
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"shout",
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"splutter",
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"spout",
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"whisper",
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"clothe",
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"couch",
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"formulate",
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"formulize",
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"phrase",
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"put",
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"word",
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"comment",
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"pipe up (with)",
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"remark",
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"rip (out)",
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"snarl"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"articulate",
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"bring out",
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"enunciate",
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"pass",
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"say",
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"speak",
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"state",
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"talk",
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"tell",
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"utter",
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"verbalize",
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"vocalize"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"put off":{
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"to assign to a later time":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"never put off until tomorrow what you can do today"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"act",
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"deal (with)",
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"decide (upon)",
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"do",
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"work (on)"
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],
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"related":[
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"suspend",
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"hesitate",
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"pause",
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"stay",
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"detain",
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"retard",
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"slow",
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"extend",
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"lengthen",
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"prolong",
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"protract",
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"stretch (out)",
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"wait"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"defer",
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"delay",
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"hold off (on)",
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"hold over",
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"hold up",
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"lay over",
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"postpone",
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"put over",
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"remit",
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"shelve"
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]
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},
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"to cause to feel disgust":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she was put off by his blatantly sexist attitude"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allure",
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"attract",
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"beguile",
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"bewitch",
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"captivate",
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"charm",
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"disarm",
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"draw",
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"enchant",
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"entice",
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"fascinate",
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"lure",
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"pull",
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"seduce",
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"tempt",
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"delight",
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"gratify",
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"please",
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"rejoice",
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"tickle",
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"enrapture",
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"enthrall",
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"enthral",
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"entrance",
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"appeal (to)",
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"interest",
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"intrigue"
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],
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"related":[
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"displease",
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"distress",
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"appall",
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"appal",
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"disquiet",
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"horrify",
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"affront",
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"insult",
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"offend",
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"outrage",
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"shock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disgust",
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"gross out",
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"nauseate",
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"repel",
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"repulse",
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"revolt",
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"sicken",
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"turn off"
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]
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},
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"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"don",
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"put on",
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"slip (into)",
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"throw (on)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"put off your coat and stay awhile"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"wear",
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"apparel",
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"array",
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"attire",
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"bedeck",
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"clothe",
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"dress",
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"garb",
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"rig",
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"robe",
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"suit"
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],
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"related":[
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"husk",
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"shed",
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"kick (off)",
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"disrobe",
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"strip",
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"undress"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"doff",
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"douse",
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"peel (off)",
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"remove",
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"shrug off",
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"take off"
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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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"put up":{
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"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"counterplot",
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"brew",
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"concoct",
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"cook (up)",
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"devise",
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"hatch",
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"engineer",
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"jockey",
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"maneuver",
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"manipulate",
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"design",
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"frame",
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"lay out",
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"map",
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"plan",
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"shape"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"collude",
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"compass",
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"connive",
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"conspire",
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"contrive",
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"intrigue",
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"machinate",
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"plot",
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"scheme"
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]
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},
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"to fix in an upright position":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolish",
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"flatten",
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"knock down",
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"level",
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"raze",
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"tear down"
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],
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"related":[
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"brace",
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"buttress",
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"prop (up)",
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"shore (up)",
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"support",
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"boost",
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"crane",
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"elevate",
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"heave",
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"heft",
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"heighten",
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"hike",
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"hoist",
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"jack (up)",
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"lift",
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"perk (up)",
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"pick up",
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"up",
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"uphold",
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"uplift"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"erect",
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"pitch",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up",
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"upend",
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"upraise"
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]
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},
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"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
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"antonyms":[
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"demount",
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"disassemble",
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"dismantle",
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"dismember",
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"knock down",
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"strike",
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"take down",
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"tear down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"flatten",
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"level",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"ruin",
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"ruinate",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"wreck",
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"blow up",
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"explode",
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"detach",
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"disengage",
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"disconnect",
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"disjoin",
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"disunite",
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"divide",
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"separate"
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],
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"related":[
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"carpenter",
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"fashion",
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"forge",
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"frame",
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"hammer",
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"handcraft",
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"manufacture",
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"mold",
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"produce",
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"shape",
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"prefabricate",
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"begin",
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"coin",
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"create",
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"generate",
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"inaugurate",
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"initiate",
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"innovate",
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"invent",
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"originate",
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"constitute",
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"establish",
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"father",
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"found",
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"institute",
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"organize",
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"conceive",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"design",
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"devise",
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"imagine",
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"think (up)",
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"reassemble",
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"rebuild",
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"reconstruct",
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"redevelop",
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"reedify",
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"retrofit",
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"jerry-build",
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"rig (up)",
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"throw up",
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"combine",
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"unite"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assemble",
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"build",
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"confect",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"fabricate",
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"make",
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"make up",
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"piece",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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]
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},
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"to offer for sale to the public":{
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"antonyms":[
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"buy",
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"purchase"
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],
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"examples":[
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"put their possessions up for auction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"presell",
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"wholesale",
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"remarket",
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"resell",
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"hawk",
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"peddle",
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"barter",
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"distribute",
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"exchange",
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"export",
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"handle",
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"trade",
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"traffic (in)",
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"advertise",
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"ballyhoo",
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"boost",
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"plug",
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"promote",
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"tout",
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"bargain",
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"chaffer",
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"dicker",
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"haggle",
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"horse-trade",
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"palter",
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"auction",
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"provide",
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"supply",
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"carry",
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"keep",
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"stock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deal (in)",
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"market",
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"merchandise",
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"merchandize",
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"retail",
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"sell",
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"vend"
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]
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},
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"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cellar",
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"garage",
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"hangar",
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"house",
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"warehouse",
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"file",
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"pack",
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"shelve"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"keep",
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"reposit",
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"store",
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"stow"
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]
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},
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"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the university puts up students in a variety of buildings"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"eject",
|
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"evict"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"ensconce",
|
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"home",
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"roost",
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"secure",
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"shed",
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"stable",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"take in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put up a front":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Though she put up a front , I could tell her feelings were hurt."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"feint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"make out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put-ons":{
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my bravery was all a put-on \u2014I was scared out of my wits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"dissimulations",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"perfidies",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pretexts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candors",
|
|
"sincerities",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
|
|
"naivetes",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for a moment, I couldn't tell if the commercial was serious or a deadpan put-on of ads by other insurance companies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"send-ups",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"satires",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"farces",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"slapsticks",
|
|
"squibs",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impersonations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putrid":{
|
|
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the putrid remains of a dead raccoon on the side of the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rearranges",
|
|
"reorders",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"wedges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readapts",
|
|
"readjusts",
|
|
"customizes",
|
|
"gears",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"attunes",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"reengineers",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"refigures",
|
|
"refits",
|
|
"refocuses",
|
|
"reinvents",
|
|
"rejiggers",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"fiddles (with)",
|
|
"fine-tunes",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"rigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tailors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"rephrases",
|
|
"restates",
|
|
"rewords",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"translates",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"writes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"words"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calibrates",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"extrapolates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"supposes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remits"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"pardons"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"inflicts",
|
|
"wreaks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"reimposes",
|
|
"relays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"levies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting down":{
|
|
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"fathering (on)",
|
|
"imputing (to)",
|
|
"pinning (on)",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"linking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"ascribing",
|
|
"attributing",
|
|
"chalking up",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"imputing",
|
|
"laying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"eulogizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"derogating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"poor-mouthing",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"talking down",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"vilipending",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"minuting",
|
|
"transcribing",
|
|
"enregistering",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"chalking (up)",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"scoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jotting (down)",
|
|
"logging",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"setting down",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"writing down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deleting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"carding",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"compiling",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"rescheduling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"scheduling",
|
|
"slating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping up",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"throttling",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"vanquishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"slapping down",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in as food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chowing (down on)",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting (on)",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"snarfing (down)",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"picking (at)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"polishing off",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"snacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"partaking (of)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"tucking (away or in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting out":{
|
|
"as in release , publication":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"publication",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"syndication",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulation",
|
|
"dissemination",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"propagation",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"transmission",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"enunciation",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"publicity",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censorship",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"wielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put out the campfire before leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snubbing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"stubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"disobliging",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"incommoding",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"troubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"saddling",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copublishing",
|
|
"co-publishing",
|
|
"reissuing",
|
|
"reprinting",
|
|
"republishing",
|
|
"serializing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"syndicating",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"marketing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"rearrange",
|
|
"reorder",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"plunk down",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"wedge",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"rephrase",
|
|
"restate",
|
|
"reword",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"translate",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"write up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"suppose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"extrapolate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calibrate",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"levy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"penalize",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"inflict",
|
|
"wreak",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"reapply",
|
|
"reimpose",
|
|
"relay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"pardon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"gamble",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"venture",
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putrefied":{
|
|
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to throw out the putrefied tomatoes that had been sitting on the counter all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"festered",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"rusted",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putrefying":{
|
|
"as in rotting , decaying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"rusting",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts the kibosh on":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Remembered the time the police quickly put the kibosh on the wild party."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put out":{
|
|
"subjected to and reacting with irritation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he gets put out if anyone disturbs his dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"scunnered",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vexed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"ireful",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"tried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"wield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put out the campfire before leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snub (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"stub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bullyrag",
|
|
"ballyrag",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommode",
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"incommode",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"publish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copublish",
|
|
"reissue",
|
|
"reprint",
|
|
"republish",
|
|
"serialize",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"syndicate",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"market"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting by":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have money put by for an emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying away",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying in",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"salting away",
|
|
"squirreling (away)",
|
|
"squirrelling (away)",
|
|
"stashing",
|
|
"stockpiling",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"stowing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"scraping (together)",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"coffering",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"using up",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putrefaction":{
|
|
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clearing the refrigerator of what the previous tenant had left behind was like taking a course in the advanced putrefaction of leftovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"putrescence",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"souring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put across":{
|
|
"as in communicate , convey":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting the kibosh on":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting on an act":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You don't need to put on an act just to impress us."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"pretending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"feinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put in (for)":{
|
|
"to give a request or demand for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"requisition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts one's finger on":{
|
|
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"IDs",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"singles (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"put-downs":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
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"quips",
|
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"sneers",
|
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"taunts",
|
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"abuses",
|
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"invectives",
|
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"vituperations",
|
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"disapprovals",
|
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"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
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"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
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"criticisms",
|
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"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
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"swipes",
|
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"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
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"praises",
|
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"adulations",
|
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"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"denigrations",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"derogations",
|
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"detractions",
|
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"diminishments",
|
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"disparagements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
"calumnies",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"vilifications",
|
|
"derisions",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"denouncements",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"de-emphases",
|
|
"minimizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pufferies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizements",
|
|
"ennoblements",
|
|
"exaltations",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"magnifications"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put forth":{
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They put forth a plan of action for the committee."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"trot out",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She put forth her thoughts during the meeting."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He put forth an explanation even though he didn't have any supporting evidence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"persevere",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"reaffirm",
|
|
"reassert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"gainsay"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put aside":{
|
|
"as in dismantle , phase out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"mothball",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"flick (off)",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"chock",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putter (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spent all weekend at home just puttering around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"tinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts paid to":{
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The final payment put paid to his debt obligations."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closes out",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"consummates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"suspends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puttering (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spent all weekend at home just puttering around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"tinkering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put forward":{
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She put forward some clever ideas during last week's meeting."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"trot out",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts out":{
|
|
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"wields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put out the campfire before leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snubs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"stubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"spites",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"heckles",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommodes",
|
|
"disobliges",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"incommodes",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"saddles",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"obliges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copublishes",
|
|
"reissues",
|
|
"reprints",
|
|
"republishes",
|
|
"serializes",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"markets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put together":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He put together all their bills to figure out their monthly expenses."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"add",
|
|
"cast (up)",
|
|
"foot (up)",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summate",
|
|
"tot (up)",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totalize",
|
|
"tote (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"subtract",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"recompute",
|
|
"refigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They put together an exact replica of the Empire State Building."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"confect",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpenter",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"prefabricate",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"reassemble",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"reedify",
|
|
"retrofit",
|
|
"jerry-build",
|
|
"rig (up)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She put together a poem that she presented to the group on poetry night."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"prepare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"sculpture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"indite",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"piece (together)",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"reformulate",
|
|
"reframe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They put together a beautiful dress for the queen."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"patch (together)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"prefabricate",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remanufacture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"take apart",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"explode"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts in (for)":{
|
|
"to give a request or demand for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks (for)",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"requisitions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putrefy":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put-on":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I put on a coat and shoes to go outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"don",
|
|
"slip (on or into)",
|
|
"throw (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"bundle up",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"overdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"undress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doff",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overstate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"melodramatize",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"sensationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put on a show of anger just for fun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pass (for)",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a put-on goofy voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hokey",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stylized",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"uncontrived",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unforced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my bravery was all a put-on \u2014I was scared out of my wits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"persona",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"unfaithfulness",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for a moment, I couldn't tell if the commercial was serious or a deadpan put-on of ads by other insurance companies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"send-up",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"travesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"squib",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"mimicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts through":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"perpetrates",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"pulls off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"effectuates",
|
|
"implements",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"engages (in)",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"works (at)",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"reenacts",
|
|
"repeats",
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"winds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put over":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"hold off (on)",
|
|
"hold over",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"lay over",
|
|
"postpone",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shelve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"deal (with)",
|
|
"decide (upon)",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"work (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putatively":{
|
|
"to all outward appearances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lake's putatively pristine water is actually crawling with microorganisms that can wreak havoc with your gastrointestinal system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
"supposedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly",
|
|
"assumably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"professedly",
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
"allegedly",
|
|
"purportedly",
|
|
"reportedly",
|
|
"reputedly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"manifestly",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"self-evidently",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"surely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"impossibly",
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts away":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"entombs",
|
|
"hearses",
|
|
"inhumes",
|
|
"inters",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"tombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"inurns",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"reburies",
|
|
"reinters",
|
|
"coffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncoffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"exhumes",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in as food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"ingests",
|
|
"partakes (of)",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"tucks (away or in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"chows (down on)",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gluts (on)",
|
|
"gobbles (up or down)",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"snarfs (down)",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"wolfs",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"gnaws (at or on)",
|
|
"gums",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"nibbles (on)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"picks (at)",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"dines",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"polishes off",
|
|
"breakfasts",
|
|
"lunches",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"munches",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"snacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts in":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put in a crop of winter wheat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"replants",
|
|
"transplants",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"overseeds",
|
|
"reseeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put in":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put in a crop of winter wheat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"sow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"replant",
|
|
"transplant",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"overseed",
|
|
"reseed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting/placing (someone) on a pedestal":{
|
|
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"apotheosizing",
|
|
"lionizing",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"feting",
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"disrespecting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"smearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting away":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombing",
|
|
"hearsing",
|
|
"inhuming",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"tombing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"inurning",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"reburying",
|
|
"reinterring",
|
|
"coffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncoffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"exhuming",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in as food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"partaking (of)",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"tucking (away or in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chowing (down on)",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting (on)",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"snarfing (down)",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"picking (at)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"polishing off",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"snacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting in":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put in a crop of winter wheat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"seeding",
|
|
"sowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"replanting",
|
|
"transplanting",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"potting",
|
|
"overseeding",
|
|
"reseeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put through":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"perpetrate",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"pull off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"engage (in)",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"work (at)",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"reenact",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting about":{
|
|
"as in coming about , turning back":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"yawing",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"beelining",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"pointing",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"making"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting forth":{
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They put forth a plan of action for the committee."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"voting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"tendering",
|
|
"trotting out",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"mapping",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"shaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She put forth her thoughts during the meeting."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He put forth an explanation even though he didn't have any supporting evidence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"countering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putrescent":{
|
|
"as in rotting , decaying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"gangrenous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts across":{
|
|
"as in communicates , conveys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"writes up",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putrescence":{
|
|
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the far corner of the walk-in refrigerator was a crate of cucumbers in an advanced stage of putrescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"putrefaction",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"souring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put-down":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
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"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"denigration",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"derogation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"backbiting",
|
|
"calumny",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"de-emphasis",
|
|
"minimization",
|
|
"soft-pedaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"write down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"transcribe",
|
|
"enregister",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"chalk (up)",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"slate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"reschedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delete"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"slap down",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"throttle",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"vanquish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"ascribe",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"chalk up",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"impute",
|
|
"lay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"father (on)",
|
|
"impute (to)",
|
|
"pin (on)",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"link"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in as food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"ingest",
|
|
"partake (of)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tuck (away or in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"chow (down on)",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut (on)",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"snarf (down)",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"gnaw (at or on)",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"nibble (on)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pick (at)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"polish off",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts up a front":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Though she put up a front , I could tell her feelings were hurt."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"makes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"feints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"rearranging",
|
|
"reordering",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"plunking down",
|
|
"plonking down",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"niching",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"berthing",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"setting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"paraphrasing",
|
|
"rephrasing",
|
|
"restating",
|
|
"rewording",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"writing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"gauging",
|
|
"gaging",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"supposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"extrapolating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calibrating",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"levying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"wreaking",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"reimposing",
|
|
"relaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"releasing",
|
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"condoning",
|
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"disregarding",
|
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"excusing",
|
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"glossing (over)",
|
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"glozing (over)",
|
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"ignoring",
|
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"pardoning"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"remitting"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"acclimating",
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"acclimatizing",
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"accommodating",
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"adapting",
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"adjusting",
|
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"conditioning",
|
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"conforming",
|
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"doctoring",
|
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"editing",
|
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"fashioning",
|
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"fitting",
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"shaping",
|
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"suiting",
|
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"tailoring"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"customizing",
|
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"gearing",
|
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"matching",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
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"patterning",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
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"rooting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
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"familiarizing",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
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"rehearsing",
|
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"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
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"toughening",
|
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"altering",
|
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"converting",
|
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"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"recasting",
|
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"reclaiming",
|
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"recycling",
|
|
"redesigning",
|
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"redeveloping",
|
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"redoing",
|
|
"reengineering",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"refiguring",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refocusing",
|
|
"reinventing",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"phasing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"rigging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betting",
|
|
"gambling",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"staking",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"venturing",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting across":{
|
|
"as in communicating , conveying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts together":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He put together all their bills to figure out their monthly expenses."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"casts (up)",
|
|
"foots (up)",
|
|
"summates",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalizes",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"totes (up)",
|
|
"tots (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"subtracts",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"recomputes",
|
|
"refigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They put together an exact replica of the Empire State Building."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"confects",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpenters",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"prefabricates",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"reedifies",
|
|
"retrofits",
|
|
"jerry-builds",
|
|
"rigs (up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruinates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She put together a poem that she presented to the group on poetry night."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"prepares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"sculptures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"indites",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"pieces (together)",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"reformulates",
|
|
"reframes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They put together a beautiful dress for the queen."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"structures",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"hews",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"patches (together)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"prefabricates",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visualizes",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remanufactures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"takes apart",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting up with":{
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We were forced to put up with Felicia's bad attitude for the duration of the group project."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"winking (at)",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting paid to":{
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The final payment put paid to his debt obligations."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closing out",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"climaxing",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"consummating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"suspending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put up with":{
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We were forced to put up with Felicia's bad attitude for the duration of the group project."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts up":{
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"upraises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"confects",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpenters",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"prefabricates",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"reedifies",
|
|
"retrofits",
|
|
"jerry-builds",
|
|
"rigs (up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruinates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put their possessions up for auction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presells",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"remarkets",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"exports",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics (in)",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university puts up students in a variety of buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"encamps",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"takes in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"stables",
|
|
"tents",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"beds (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colludes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"connives",
|
|
"conspires",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinates",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterplots",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"jockeys",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reposits",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"stows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cellars",
|
|
"garages",
|
|
"hangars",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"warehouses",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"shelves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putterers":{
|
|
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her husband is an inveterate putterer , and their garage is full of half-finished projects he has worked on over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"hobbyists",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonexperts",
|
|
"nonprofessionals",
|
|
"potterers",
|
|
"tinkerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"generalists",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"specialists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts/places (someone) on a pedestal":{
|
|
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"apotheosizes",
|
|
"lionizes",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"enskies",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"idealizes",
|
|
"romanticizes",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"knocks (someone) off his/her pedestal",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"desecrates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"disrespects",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smears"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting up":{
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"confecting",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"piecing",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentering",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"prefabricating",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"coining",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"reedifying",
|
|
"retrofitting",
|
|
"jerry-building",
|
|
"rigging (up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruinating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounting",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put their possessions up for auction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselling",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"remarketing",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"exporting",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking (in)",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university puts up students in a variety of buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"billeting",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"bunking",
|
|
"camping",
|
|
"chambering",
|
|
"domiciling",
|
|
"encamping",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"roofing",
|
|
"rooming",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"taking in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"homing",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"stabling",
|
|
"tenting",
|
|
"barracking",
|
|
"bedding (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colluding",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"conniving",
|
|
"conspiring",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"machinating",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterplotting",
|
|
"brewing",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"jockeying",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"mapping",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"shaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repositing",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"stowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cellaring",
|
|
"garaging",
|
|
"hangaring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"warehousing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting through":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"perpetrating",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"pulling off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"implementing",
|
|
"acing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"engaging (in)",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"working (at)",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"reenacting",
|
|
"repeating",
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put down":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"denigration",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"derogation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"backbiting",
|
|
"calumny",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"de-emphasis",
|
|
"minimization",
|
|
"soft-pedaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"write down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"transcribe",
|
|
"enregister",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"chalk (up)",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"slate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"reschedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delete"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"slap down",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"throttle",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"vanquish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"ascribe",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"chalk up",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"impute",
|
|
"lay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"father (on)",
|
|
"impute (to)",
|
|
"pin (on)",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"link"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in as food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"ingest",
|
|
"partake (of)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tuck (away or in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"chow (down on)",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut (on)",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"snarf (down)",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"gnaw (at or on)",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"nibble (on)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pick (at)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"polish off",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put the kibosh on":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Remembered the time the police quickly put the kibosh on the wild party."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
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"continue",
|
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"follow through (with)",
|
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"keep up",
|
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"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts (something) straight":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleans",
|
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"housekeeps",
|
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"cleans (off)",
|
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"cleans (up)",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"polices (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"messes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"put paid to":{
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The final payment put paid to his debt obligations."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"suspend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put on an act":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You don't need to put on an act just to impress us."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pretend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"feint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting to sleep":{
|
|
"to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The students were quickly put to sleep by the professor's lecture."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"dejecting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"monopolizing",
|
|
"preoccupying",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put/placed (someone) on a pedestal":{
|
|
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"apotheosized",
|
|
"lionized",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"feted",
|
|
"f\u00eated",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"knocked (someone) off his/her pedestal",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"smeared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"put to it":{
|
|
"faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was put to it to hand over the keys to her new car."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"hard-pressed",
|
|
"hard put",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perplexed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"unfazed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts forward":{
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She put forward some clever ideas during last week's meeting."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"propounds",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"trots out",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts aside":{
|
|
"as in dismantles , phases out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"mothballs",
|
|
"phases out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"flicks (off)",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"chocks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting aside":{
|
|
"as in dismantling , phasing out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"mothballing",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"flicking (off)",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"chocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts over":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defers",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holds off (on)",
|
|
"holds over",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"lays over",
|
|
"postpones",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shelves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"waits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"decides (upon)",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"works (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts off":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never put off until tomorrow what you can do today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defers",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holds off (on)",
|
|
"holds over",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"lays over",
|
|
"postpones",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shelves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"waits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"decides (upon)",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"works (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put off your coat and stay awhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doffs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"peels (off)",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"kicks (off)",
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"undresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"slips (into)",
|
|
"throws (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was put off by his blatantly sexist attitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"grosses out",
|
|
"nauseates",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"shocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"tickles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putting over":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"holding off (on)",
|
|
"holding over",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"laying over",
|
|
"postponing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching (out)",
|
|
"waiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"deciding (upon)",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"working (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"putters (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spent all weekend at home just puttering around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"diddles (with)",
|
|
"tinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"put/place (someone) on a pedestal":{
|
|
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"apotheosize",
|
|
"lionize",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"knock (someone) off his/her pedestal",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts about":{
|
|
"as in comes about , turns back":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"yaws",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"beelines",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"makes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"puts down":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"derogates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"poor-mouths",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"talks down",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"trash-talks",
|
|
"vilipends",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discommends",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"eulogizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jots (down)",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"sets down",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"writes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"transcribes",
|
|
"enregisters",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"chalks (up)",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"scores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
"slates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"books",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"reschedules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deletes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"slaps down",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"throttles",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"vanquishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props up",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"ascribes",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"chalks up",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"imputes",
|
|
"lays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fathers (on)",
|
|
"imputes (to)",
|
|
"pins (on)",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"links"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in as food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"ingests",
|
|
"partakes (of)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"tucks (away or in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"chows (down on)",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gluts (on)",
|
|
"gobbles (up or down)",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"snarfs (down)",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"wolfs",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"gnaws (at or on)",
|
|
"gums",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"nibbles (on)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"picks (at)",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"banquets",
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"dines",
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"fares",
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"feasts",
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"gormandizes",
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"pigs out",
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"regales",
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"dispatches",
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"polishes off",
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"breakfasts",
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"lunches",
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"sups",
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"munches",
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"noshes",
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"snacks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"putterer":{
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"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
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"examples":[
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"her husband is an inveterate putterer , and their garage is full of half-finished projects he has worked on over the years"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amateur",
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"dabbler",
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"dilettante",
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"hobbyist",
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"layman",
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"nonexpert",
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"nonprofessional",
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"potterer",
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"tinkerer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"all-rounder",
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"generalist",
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"general practitioner",
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"jack-of-all-trades",
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"aficionado",
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"afficionado",
|
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"buff",
|
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"devotee",
|
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"enthusiast",
|
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"fan"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialist"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"put by":{
|
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"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"have money put by for an emergency"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"squirrel (away)",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"stow",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"scrape (together)",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"use up",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |