2622 lines
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2622 lines
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{
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"dwelled (on or upon)":{
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"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"belabored",
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"harped (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accented",
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"accentuated",
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"emphasized",
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"paid (up)",
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"pointed (up)",
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"stressed",
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"underlined",
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"underscored"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"disregarded",
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"forgot",
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"ignored",
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"overlooked",
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"overpassed",
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"passed over",
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"slighted",
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"slurred (over)"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"dweller":{
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"one who lives permanently in a place":{
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"examples":[
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"the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"denizen",
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"habitant",
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"inhabitant",
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"inhabiter",
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"occupant",
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"resident",
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"resider",
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"tenant"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cohabitant",
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"coresident",
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"aborigine",
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"native",
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"citizen",
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"national",
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"subject",
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"colonist",
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"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
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"emigr\u00e9",
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"migrant",
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"newcomer",
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"settler",
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"burgher",
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"local",
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"localite",
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"townee",
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"townie",
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"towny",
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"townsman",
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"villager"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alien",
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"foreigner",
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"nonresident",
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"guest",
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"tourist",
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"visitor",
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"defector",
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"emigrant",
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"escaper",
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"evacuee",
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"exile",
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"expatriate",
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"refugee"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"transient"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"dwelling (on or upon)":{
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"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"belaboring",
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"harping (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accenting",
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"accentuating",
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"emphasizing",
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"paying (up)",
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"pointing (up)",
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"stressing",
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"underlining",
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"underscoring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"disregarding",
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"forgetting",
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"ignoring",
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"overlooking",
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"overpassing",
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"passing over",
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"slighting",
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"slurring (over)"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"dwelling (on)":{
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"as in mulling (over) , pondering":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dwellings":{
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"the place where one lives":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the simple dwellings in which the Pilgrims spent the first winter at Plymouth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"accommodations",
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"housings",
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"nests",
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"residencies",
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"shelters",
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"bungalows",
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"cabins",
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"casitas",
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"chalets",
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"cottages",
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"duplexes",
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"ranches",
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"ranch houses",
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"saltboxes",
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"semis",
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"split levels",
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"townhomes",
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"town houses",
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"tract houses",
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"triplexes",
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"apartment houses",
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"apartments",
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"condominiums",
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"condominia",
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"condos",
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"flats",
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"tenement houses",
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"tenements",
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"walk-ups",
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"penthouses",
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"salons",
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"suites",
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"barracks",
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"billets",
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"boardinghouses",
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"dormitories",
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"dorms",
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"flophouses",
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"lodging houses",
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"lodgments",
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"lodgements",
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"rooming houses",
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"rooms",
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"castles",
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"ch\u00e2teaus",
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"ch\u00e2teaux",
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"countryseats",
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"estates",
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"halls",
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"manor houses",
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"manors",
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"mansions",
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"McMansions",
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"palaces",
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"villas",
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"farmhouses",
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"granges",
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"haciendas",
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"homesteads",
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"double-wides",
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"houseboats",
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"house trailers",
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"mobile homes",
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"motor homes",
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"recreational vehicles",
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"RVs",
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"trailers",
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"hermitages",
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"manses",
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"parsonages",
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"rectories",
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"vicarages",
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"hooches",
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"hootches",
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"hovels",
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"hutches",
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"huts",
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"shacks",
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"shanties"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abodes",
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"diggings",
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"domiciles",
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"firesides",
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"habitations",
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"hearths",
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"hearthstones",
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"homes",
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"houses",
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"lodgings",
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"pads",
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"places",
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"quarters",
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"residences",
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"roofs"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"dwelt (on or upon)":{
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"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disregarded",
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"forgot",
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"ignored",
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"overlooked",
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"overpassed",
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"passed over",
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"slighted",
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"slurred (over)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"she was always dwelling on past insults and snubs, both real and imagined"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"accented",
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"accentuated",
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"emphasized",
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"paid (up)",
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"pointed (up)",
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"stressed",
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"underlined",
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"underscored"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belabored",
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"harped (on)"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"dwindles":{
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulates",
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"balloons",
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"builds",
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"burgeons",
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"bourgeons",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"grows",
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"increases",
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"intensifies",
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"mounts",
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"mushrooms",
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"picks up",
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"rises",
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"snowballs",
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"soars",
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"swells",
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"waxes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appears",
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"emerges",
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"shows up",
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"blows up",
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"distends",
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"elongates",
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"lengthens"
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],
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"related":[
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"compresses",
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"condenses",
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"constricts",
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"contracts",
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"evaporates",
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"fades (away)",
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"fritters (away)",
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"gives out",
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"melts (away)",
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"peters (out)",
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"tails (off)",
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"vanishes",
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"slackens",
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"slows (down)",
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"alleviates",
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"relaxes",
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"flags",
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"sinks",
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"weakens",
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"caves (in)",
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"collapses",
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"deflates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abates",
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"declines",
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"decreases",
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"de-escalates",
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"dies (away or down or out)",
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"diminishes",
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"drains (away)",
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"drops (off)",
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"eases",
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"ebbs",
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"falls",
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"falls away",
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"lessens",
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"lets up",
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"lowers",
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"moderates",
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"palls",
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"phases down",
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"ratchets (down)",
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"rachets (down)",
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"recedes",
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"relents",
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"remits",
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"shrinks",
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"subsides",
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"tapers",
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"tapers off",
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"wanes"
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]
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},
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"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandizes",
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"amplifies",
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"augments",
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"boosts",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"increases",
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"raises"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blows up",
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"dilates",
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"distends",
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"inflates",
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"swells",
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"elongates",
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"extends",
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"lengthens",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts",
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"adds (to)",
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"complements",
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"supplements",
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"enhances",
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"heightens",
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"intensifies",
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"redoubles"
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],
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"related":[
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"compresses",
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"condenses",
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"constricts",
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"contracts",
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"abbreviates",
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"abridges",
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"clips",
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"crops",
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"curtails",
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"cuts",
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"cuts back",
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"cuts down",
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"docks",
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"nicks",
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"pares",
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"prunes",
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"retrenches",
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"shortens",
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"slashes",
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"trims",
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"truncates",
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"whittles",
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"deflates",
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"shrinks",
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"minimizes",
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"moderates",
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"modifies",
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"modulates",
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"qualifies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abates",
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"decreases",
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"de-escalates",
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"dents",
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"depletes",
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"diminishes",
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"downscales",
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"downsizes",
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"drops",
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"eases",
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"knocks down",
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"lessens",
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"lowers",
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"reduces"
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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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"dwindling":{
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"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
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"examples":[
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"the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abating",
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"decreasing",
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"de-escalating",
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"denting",
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"depleting",
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"diminishing",
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"downscaling",
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"downsizing",
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"dropping",
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"easing",
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"knocking down",
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"lessening",
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"lowering",
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"reducing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressing",
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"condensing",
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"constricting",
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"contracting",
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"abbreviating",
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"abridging",
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"clipping",
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"cropping",
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"curtailing",
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"cutting",
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"cutting back",
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"cutting down",
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"docking",
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"nicking",
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"paring",
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"pruning",
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"retrenching",
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"shortening",
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"slashing",
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"trimming",
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"truncating",
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"whittling",
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"deflating",
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"shrinking",
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"minimizing",
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"moderating",
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"modifying",
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"modulating",
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"qualifying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blowing up",
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"dilating",
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"distending",
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"inflating",
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"swelling",
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"elongating",
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"extending",
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"lengthening",
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"prolonging",
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"protracting",
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"adding (to)",
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"complementing",
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"supplementing",
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"enhancing",
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"heightening",
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"intensifying",
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"redoubling"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandizing",
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"amplifying",
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"augmenting",
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"boosting",
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"enlarging",
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"escalating",
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"expanding",
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"increasing",
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"raising"
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]
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},
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"examples":[
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"our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abating",
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"declining",
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"decreasing",
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"de-escalating",
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"diminishing",
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"draining (away)",
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"dropping (off)",
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"dying (away or down or out)",
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"easing",
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"ebbing",
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"falling",
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"falling away",
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"lessening",
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"letting up",
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"lowering",
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"moderating",
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"palling",
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"phasing down",
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"ratcheting (down)",
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"racheting (down)",
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"receding",
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"relenting",
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"remitting",
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"shrinking",
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"subsiding",
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"tapering",
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"tapering off",
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"waning"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressing",
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"condensing",
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"constricting",
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"contracting",
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"evaporating",
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"fading (away)",
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"frittering (away)",
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"giving out",
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"melting (away)",
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"petering (out)",
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"tailing (off)",
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"vanishing",
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"slackening",
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"slowing (down)",
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"alleviating",
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"relaxing",
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"flagging",
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"sinking",
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"weakening",
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"caving (in)",
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"collapsing",
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"deflating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appearing",
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"emerging",
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"showing up",
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"blowing up",
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"distending",
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"elongating",
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"lengthening"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulating",
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"ballooning",
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"building",
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"burgeoning",
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"bourgeoning",
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"enlarging",
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"escalating",
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"expanding",
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"growing",
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"increasing",
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"intensifying",
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"mounting",
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"mushrooming",
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"picking up",
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"rising",
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"snowballing",
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"soaring",
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"swelling",
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"waxing"
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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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"dwarves":{
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"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
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"examples":[
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"Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"diminutives",
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"midgets",
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"mites",
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"peewees",
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"pygmies",
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"pigmies",
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"runts",
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"scrubs",
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"shrimp",
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"shrimps",
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"Tom Thumbs"
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],
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"related":[
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"nubbins",
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"miniatures",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"bantams",
|
|
"homunculi",
|
|
"hop-o'-my-thumbs",
|
|
"manikins",
|
|
"mannikins",
|
|
"half-pints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"behemoths",
|
|
"colossi",
|
|
"giants",
|
|
"jumbos",
|
|
"leviathans",
|
|
"mammoths",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"titans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Snow White and the seven dwarfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brownies",
|
|
"elves",
|
|
"faeries",
|
|
"fairies",
|
|
"fays",
|
|
"gnomes",
|
|
"goblins",
|
|
"gremlins",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"kobolds",
|
|
"leprechauns",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"pucks",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"trolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"little people",
|
|
"kelpies",
|
|
"nixies",
|
|
"changelings",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would be ridiculous to compare the two sculptors\u2014one's a giant of the art world and the other's a dwarf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"insects",
|
|
"insignificancies",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"nullities",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"pip-squeaks",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"snippersnappers",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"no-names",
|
|
"noncelebrities",
|
|
"leasts",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"puppets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"planets",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"powers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwindle":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"truncate",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwelled":{
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"outstayed",
|
|
"overstayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a home":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the widow dwells in the valley by herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"resided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (at)",
|
|
"hanged (at)",
|
|
"visited",
|
|
"cohabited",
|
|
"inhabited",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"peopled",
|
|
"populated",
|
|
"leased",
|
|
"rented",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"tenanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwells (on)":{
|
|
"as in mulls (over) , ponders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"muses (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"sulks",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"pets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwindled":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downscaled",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"truncated",
|
|
"whittled",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained (away)",
|
|
"dropped (off)",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"fell away",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"phased down",
|
|
"ratcheted (down)",
|
|
"racheted (down)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded (away)",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"melted (away)",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"tailed (off)",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"slowed (down)",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwellers":{
|
|
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"inhabiters",
|
|
"occupants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"residers",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cohabitants",
|
|
"coresidents",
|
|
"co-residents",
|
|
"aborigines",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"citizens",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"colonists",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9s",
|
|
"migrants",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"settlers",
|
|
"burghers",
|
|
"localites",
|
|
"locals",
|
|
"townees",
|
|
"townies",
|
|
"townsmen",
|
|
"villagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"nonresidents",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"tourists",
|
|
"visitors",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"emigrants",
|
|
"escapers",
|
|
"evacuees",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"refugees"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"transients"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was always dwelling on past insults and snubs, both real and imagined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"harp (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"pay (up)",
|
|
"point (up)",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"underline",
|
|
"underscore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwarfish":{
|
|
"of a size that is less than average":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dwarfish people living deep in the rain forest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"subnormal",
|
|
"toylike",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"toy",
|
|
"runtish",
|
|
"runty",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"miniaturized",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bite-size",
|
|
"bite-sized",
|
|
"capsule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwarfed":{
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwells":{
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaits",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"outstays",
|
|
"overstays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
|
"clears off",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"vamooses",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a home":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the widow dwells in the valley by herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"resides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"hangs (at)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"visits",
|
|
"cohabits",
|
|
"inhabits",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"peoples",
|
|
"populates",
|
|
"leases",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"sublets",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dweebs":{
|
|
"as in nerds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwelling":{
|
|
"the place where one lives":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the simple dwellings in which the Pilgrims spent the first winter at Plymouth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"hearthstone",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"casita",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"ranch house",
|
|
"saltbox",
|
|
"semi",
|
|
"split level",
|
|
"townhome",
|
|
"town house",
|
|
"tract house",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"McMansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"double-wide",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"house trailer",
|
|
"mobile home",
|
|
"motor home",
|
|
"recreational vehicle",
|
|
"RV",
|
|
"trailer",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"parsonage",
|
|
"rectory",
|
|
"vicarage",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaiting",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"outstaying",
|
|
"overstaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a home":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the widow dwells in the valley by herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"residing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"visiting",
|
|
"cohabiting",
|
|
"inhabiting",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"peopling",
|
|
"populating",
|
|
"leasing",
|
|
"renting",
|
|
"subletting",
|
|
"tenanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwarf":{
|
|
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"Tom Thumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"homunculus",
|
|
"hop-o'-my-thumb",
|
|
"manikin",
|
|
"mannikin",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Snow White and the seven dwarfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brownie",
|
|
"elf",
|
|
"faerie",
|
|
"faery",
|
|
"fairy",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"gnome",
|
|
"goblin",
|
|
"gremlin",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"kobold",
|
|
"leprechaun",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"puck",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"troll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little people",
|
|
"kelpie",
|
|
"nixie",
|
|
"changeling",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would be ridiculous to compare the two sculptors\u2014one's a giant of the art world and the other's a dwarf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"insect",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"pip-squeak",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"snippersnapper",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"noncelebrity",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"puppet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"planet",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"power"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dwarfish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"low-slung",
|
|
"sawed-off",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squatty",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"stunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altitudinous",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"high-rise",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwarfing":{
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwelled (on)":{
|
|
"as in mulled (over) , pondered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brooded",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"mused (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"sulked",
|
|
"frowned",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"scowled",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"petted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dwarfs":{
|
|
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"midgets",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"peewees",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"runts",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"Tom Thumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"miniatures",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"bantams",
|
|
"homunculi",
|
|
"hop-o'-my-thumbs",
|
|
"manikins",
|
|
"mannikins",
|
|
"half-pints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"behemoths",
|
|
"colossi",
|
|
"giants",
|
|
"jumbos",
|
|
"leviathans",
|
|
"mammoths",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"titans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Snow White and the seven dwarfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brownies",
|
|
"elves",
|
|
"faeries",
|
|
"fairies",
|
|
"fays",
|
|
"gnomes",
|
|
"goblins",
|
|
"gremlins",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"kobolds",
|
|
"leprechauns",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"pucks",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"trolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little people",
|
|
"kelpies",
|
|
"nixies",
|
|
"changelings",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would be ridiculous to compare the two sculptors\u2014one's a giant of the art world and the other's a dwarf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"insects",
|
|
"insignificancies",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"nullities",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"pip-squeaks",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"snippersnappers",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-names",
|
|
"noncelebrities",
|
|
"leasts",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"puppets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"planets",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"powers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |